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Friday, April 10, 2026

1st Circ. Affirms Broad Gov't Power To End FCA Suits - Law360

By Dorothy Atkins (January 24, 2022, 7:39 PM EST) -- The First Circuit affirmed Friday the dismissal of a whistleblower's complaint at the request of the federal government, adopting a new legal standard that follows the Fifth and D. C. Circuits, splits with the Ninth and Tenth Circuits, and gives the government broad power to shoot down False Claims Act lawsuits. In a 28-page precedential opinion, a unanimous three-judge panel held that, while the government must provide its reasons for wanting to toss a qui tam lawsuit over a whistleblower's objections, unless the whistleblower has shown that the dismissal is unconstitutional or constitutes fraud on the court, a trial court must grant. . .

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