Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP v. Basf Corp.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 5, 2019No. 18-7123PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Karen LeCraft Henderson, Circuit Judge:
"Pecunia non satiat avaritiam, sed inritat" translates from Latin to English as "money doesn't satisfy greed; it stimulates it." This case teaches that money also stimulates legal artifice. For over one hundred and fifty years, the False Claims Act (FCA) has imposed civil liability on anyone who defrauds the federal government of money or property. See generally Act of March 2, 1863, ch. 67, 12 Stat. 696 (1863) (codified as amended at 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq. ). A third party-a relator-may bring an FCA lawsuit on behalf of the government and collect a…
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