U.S. EX REL. LITTLE v. TRIUMPH GEAR SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 16-4152.

870 F.3d 1242 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America EX REL. Donald LITTLE and Kurosh Motaghed, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TRIUMPH GEAR SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED September 18, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas W. Baruch , Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Washington, D.C. ( John T. Boese , Michael J. Anstett and Aaron T. Tucker , Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Washington, D.C., and Jason D. Boren , Ballard Spahr, LLP, Salt Lake City, Utah, with him on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant.

Edward A. McConwell , McConwell Law Offices, Mission, Kansas (Donald E. Little, Austin, Texas, with him on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge, LUCERO and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.


This appeal arises from the efforts of several whistleblowers to navigate the procedural minefield of the False Claims Act (FCA). See 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733. In 2012, Joe Blyn commenced this FCA action by filing a sealed complaint in the district court. The complaint named Donald Little as Blyn's counsel of...

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