July/August 2008
False Claims Act: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 9 that the False Claims Act (FCA) does not merely require proof that a false statement was presented to the government, but that the statement was made with the intent of getting a false claim paid or approved by the government (Allison Engine Co. v. United States ex rel. Sanders, U.S., No. 07-214.) In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court determined that a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, which decided that the FCA does not require proof that a false claim must be presented to a federal official, was based on an incorrect interpretation of the FCA provisions.
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