A STUDY OF INTERVENTION
Understanding the Government’s Evaluation of a Qui Tam Action
Zachary A. Cunha
Chief, Civil Division
United States Attorney’s Office, District of Rhode Island
Darrell Valdez
Assistant United States Attorney
Office of the United State Attorney
Kirsten Mayer
Partner
Ropes & Gray LLP
When a relator files a False Claims Act case on behalf of the government, the DOJ must decide whether to decline or intervene. This session will examine the decision making process behind intervention and declination.
- Assessing the impact intervention has on relator’s eventual recoveries, and review recent and impactful cases
- Understanding Section 370(C)(2)(A) of the FCA, which grants the attorney general the authority to dismiss a Qui Tam action over a relator’s objection
- Reviewing the effect of government declination on the first-to-file bar