Qui Tam Relators Beware: The Federal Government Can Flip-Flop on Control of False Claims Act Cases

If the federal government declines to intervene and control the prosecution of a qui tam False Claims Act (“FCA”) action at the outset, can it intervene later and seek dismissal of the relator’s lawsuit? The Supreme Court has answered this question in another recent opinion concerning civil FCA litigation. The Court’s decision in United States ex rel. Polansky […]