Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Carter v. Halliburton Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 31, 2017No. 16-1262PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD, Circuit Judge:
The False Claims Act (FCA) empowers private individuals acting on behalf of the government to bring civil actions against those that defraud the government. The FCA contains a provision, known as the “fírst-to-file” rule, which bars these private individuals, known as- relators, from bringing actions under the FCA while a related action is pending. In this case, back before this Court for a third time, we consider whether the fírst-to-fíle rule mandates dismissal of a relator’s action that ■ was brought while related actions were .pending, even after the related actions…
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