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STATE EX REL. HINDIN v. HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.

No. A114629.

62 Cal.Rptr.3d 762 (2007)

The STATE of California ex rel. Robert HINDIN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeal of California, First District, Division Five.

July 13, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Donnell & Associates, Pierce O'Donnell, Jack G. Cairl, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

McKenna Long & Aldridge, Mark R. Troy, Ann G. Grimaldi, San Francisco, Eric S.C. Lindstrom, for Defendants and Respondents.

Paul D. Scott, Taxpayers Against Fraud, San Francisco, for Amicus Curiae for Plaintiff and Appellant.

The Attorney General of California, Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General, Tom Greene, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Ames, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Larry G. Raskin, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Nicklas A. Akers, Deputy Attorney General, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Chamber Litigation Center, Robin S. Conrad and Amar D. Sarwal; Fulbright & Jaworski, Peter H. Mason, Los Angeles, Jonathan S. Franklin, Hollywood, and Caroline M. Mew, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

NEEDHAM, J.

The issue in this appeal concerns the proper interpretation of the statute of limitations for a qui tarn action brought by appellant Robert Hindin (Hindin) under the provisions of the California False Claims Act (California Act). (Gov.Code, § 12650 et seq.) We conclude that the three-year limitations period of Government Code section 12654, subdivision (a) commences in accord with the statutory language: when the claim is discovered by the "official...

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