The Next Big Thing In False Claims Act Litigation
“Securities fraud,” said the state official and with that about 20 attorneys, all experts in False Claims Act litigation, fell off their chairs.
We were in a small room, down the hall in the last break out session of the annual meeting of False Claims Act attorneys sponsored by Taxpayers Against Fraud.
Most of our colleagues chose to go to another session involving particular issues of pleading fraud. That issue comes up in every case: plead fraud with particularity. Having to plead with particularity so often, we knew enough about it to understand that is a big headache.
So, looking for something different, a few of us went to a seminar on State Cases. We were experts. We all had filed a lot of federal cases. There are only so many people who specialize in this area, so by the end of the conference we were acting a little smug.
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