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Há 15 horas · The United States Courts of Appeals or circuit courts are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal court system. The list includes both "active" and "senior" judges, both of whom hear and decide cases. Of the thirteen US courts of appeals, twelve are divided into geographical jurisdictions.
Há 4 dias · Courts of appeals. The United States courts of appeals were established by the Judiciary Act of 1891 as "United States circuit courts of appeals" (the name was changed to its current form in 1948). The act authorized 19 appellate judgeships in 9 circuits.
Há 15 horas · Ninth Circuit ruling Seal of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On February 7, 2012, a three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 2–1 majority opinion affirming the judgment in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, which declared Proposition 8 unconstitutional, saying it violated the Equal Protection Clause.
Há 2 dias · The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently considered a district court’s nearly $6 million judgment in a qui tam False Claims Act (“FCA”) suit based on Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) violations. The Seventh Circuit affirmed the judgment of liability, finding sufficient evidence to support the district court’s finding that the defendants “knowingly and ...
Há 3 dias · Background. The case addresses a controversial practice in which plaintiffs file class action suits seeking additional proxy disclosures without alleging that any of the existing disclosures is false or materially misleading.
Há 3 dias · 6 minute read. By Jay A. Dubow, Joanna Cline and Connor B. DeFilippis | May 28, 2024 at 11:21 AM. This April, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit took aim at what are...
10 de mai. de 2024 · Case: Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Heath. Issues: Government Contracting / False Claims Act | Government Regulation. Download the PDF. “The False Claims Act’s purpose is to prevent fraud against the United States, not to pad the pockets of relators and plaintiffs’ lawyers.” —John Masslon, WLF Senior Litigation Counsel.
