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CELL THERAPEUTICS, INC. v. LASH GROUP, INC.

No. 08-35619.

586 F.3d 1204 (2009)

CELL THERAPEUTICS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LASH GROUP, INC.; Documedics Acquisition Co., Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 18, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erik R. Lied and Walter E. Barton, Karr Tuttle Campbell, Seattle, WA, for the appellant.

Raymond A. Cardozo, Reed Smith LLP, San Francisco, CA, and Laurie M. Thornton, Corr Cronin Michelson Baumgardner & Preece LLP, Seattle, WA, for the appellee.

Before: HAWKINS, M. MARGARET McKEOWN and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:

The False Claims Act ("FCA") was designed to encourage reporting of false or fraudulent claims that are submitted to the federal government for approval or payment. Typically a relator—a whistle-blowing employee, a business partner or competitor—brings suit "for the benefit of the United States." Mortgages, Inc. v. U.S. Dist. Ct., 934 F.2d 209, 210 (9th Cir.1991) (per curiam). The government...

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