False claims act statute of limitations

In Wilson v. Bristol-Myers Squibb, the United States First Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a district court opinion that a whistleblower (relator) waited too long to file an amended suit.  In this case, Wilson filed a complaint in the Central District of California under seal and then filed an amended complaint in October 2006, which alleged that...

In the previous post I discussed the statute of limitations for Whistleblower cases (suits filed under the False Claims Act).  Last year, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled on an interesting issue as to whether the statute of limitations was suspended due to the fact that the United States had been at “war” in the case of Carter v. Halliburton, 710...

Whistleblower often inquiry about how long after a party defrauds the government do they have to file a false claims act.  There is not a quick and simple answer to this question.  The statute provides that a civil action under the False Claims Act must be brought within six years of the violation or within three years of the date when the government learned or should have...