Hooper, Lundy and Bookman: Appellate Court Issues Important FCA/AKS Decision Requiring Whistleblowers to Show That Defendants Acted With Knowledge of Unlawful Action
March 27, 2024
March 27, 2024
LOS ANGELES, California, March 27 -- Hooper, Lundy and Bookman, a law firm, issued the following news:
In recent years, appellate courts, including the Supreme Court, have issued decisions that have reined in the U.S. Department of Justice in several areas of white-collar crime, restricting prosecutors from pursuing overly expansive theories of liability that stretched the boundaries of laws such as the wire fraud and honest services statutes beyond recognition. This trend may be ex . . .
In recent years, appellate courts, including the Supreme Court, have issued decisions that have reined in the U.S. Department of Justice in several areas of white-collar crime, restricting prosecutors from pursuing overly expansive theories of liability that stretched the boundaries of laws such as the wire fraud and honest services statutes beyond recognition. This trend may be ex . . .