HowAppealing
AUGUST 10, 2021
“8th Circuit court partially upholds Iowa’s 2012 ‘ag-gag’ law; a new lawsuit challenges the state’s 2021 statute”: William Morris of The Des Moines Register has this report. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 1, 2023
Share In a unanimous opinion on Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected an attempt to shift the knowledge standard in False Claims Act cases that had the potential to gut the government’s primary anti-fraud statute. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit had found it was never relevant. SuperValu Inc. and United States ex rel.
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SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 20, 2023
Share During oral argument in two consolidated cases on Tuesday, the court seemed poised to reverse the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit and reject a ruling observers said would gut the government’s primary anti-fraud statute. At issue on Tuesday in two consolidated cases – U.S. SuperValu Inc.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Iowa and other states prohibit texting while driving but allow cellphone usage for other purposes, such as navigation. Iowa , police officers pulled Struve over after observing Struve using a cellphone – for an unidentifiable reason – for 10 seconds while driving. In Steven Struve’s case, Struve v. In the decision below, the U.S.
Attorney at Work
JUNE 23, 2022
My home state, Iowa, has disciplined an average of 68 attorneys (just under 1% of the number of practicing attorneys in the state) each year over the past decade. I’m an Iowa-based attorney and CPA. That is, not if you don’t allow it to become one. A rough extrapolation would suggest that perhaps thousands of attorneys across the U.S.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 14, 2023
Share The False Claims Act has for decades been the government’s primary anti-fraud statute. Under the FCA, a defendant is liable for submitting a false claim to the government for payment if it acted “knowingly,” which the statute defines as acting with actual knowledge, deliberate ignorance, or reckless disregard.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 20, 2022
Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The court denied cert on Monday. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan, filed an opinion dissenting from the court’s denial of summary vacatur.
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