This session is devoted to shedding light on the nature and context of the relationship between relator’s counsel and the government. Topics of discussion will include:

• Exploring the relationship both when government declines to intervene, and when they intervene
• Benchmarking which factors lead to significant changes in the cadence of this relationship?
• E.g., the Supreme Court’s recent resolution of the circuit split over the government’s dismissal authority in the Polansky case
• Considering practical actions that relator’s counsel may take when the government declines to intervene
• Investigating how relator’s counsel can best reconcile the perception that their case is weak because the government declined to intervene
• Exploring statement of interests and their efficacy