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U.S. EX REL. WELCH v. MY LEFT FOOT CHILDREN'S THER.

No. 16-16070.

871 F.3d 791 (2017)

UNITED STATES and State of Nevada EX REL. Mary Kaye WELCH; Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MY LEFT FOOT CHILDREN'S THERAPY, LLC; Ann Marie Gottlieb; Jonathan Gottlieb, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 11, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex S. Heinke (argued) and Jessica M. Weisel , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Los Angeles, California; Shawn Hanson and Kelli Ann Kiernan , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, San Francisco, California; for Defendants-Appellants.

Robert S. Oswald (argued), David Scher , and Andrew M. Witko , The Employment Law Group P.C., Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Lindsey Powell (argued) and Michael S. Raab , Assistant United States Attorneys, Appellate Staff; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae United States.

Mark J. Kreuger (argued), Senior Deputy Attorney General; Adam Paul Laxalt , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Carson City, Nevada; for Amicus Curiae State of Nevada.

Before: Mary M. Schroeder, D. Michael Fisher, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Originally enacted in 1863, the False Claims Act (FCA) establishes a scheme that permits either the Attorney General, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(a), or a private party, § 3730(b), to maintain a civil action against "any person" who "knowingly presents, or causes to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim...

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