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U.S. v. ACADEMY MORTG. CORP.

No. 18-16408.

968 F.3d 996 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. United States ex rel. Gwen Thrower, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ACADEMY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 4, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melissa N. Patterson (argued), Michael S. Raab , and Charles W. Scarborough , Appellate Staff; David L. Anderson , United States Attorney; Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

J. Nelson Thomas (argued), Thomas & Solomon LLP, Rochester, New York; Sanford J. Rosen and Van Swearingen , Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jeffrey S. Bucholtz , Anne M. Voigts , and Bethany L. Rupert , King & Spalding LLP, Washington, D.C.; Steven P. Lehotsky and Michael B. Schon , United States Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Claire M. Sylvia , Phillips & Cohen LLP, San Francisco, California; Jacklyn N. DeMar , Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, Washington, D.C.; Jennifer M. Verkamp , Morgan Verkamp LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio; for Amicus Curiae Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund.

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, William A. Fletcher, and Richard Linn, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

The False Claims Act (FCA) allows any person with knowledge that false or fraudulent claims for payment have been submitted to the federal government to bring a qui tam suit1 on behalf of the United States against the perpetrator. If successful, the individual initiating...

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