Fourth Circuit: Government Not Collaterally Estopped from Prosecuting Defendant After Declining to Intervene in Civil FCA Suit Against Him
As a matter of first impression, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently held that the government’s decision to decline to intervene in a civil False Claims Act suit brought by a private relator does not preclude the government from bringing criminal fraud charges against the same defendant in a parallel proceeding.
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