Seeing the potential for billion-dollar damages, lawyers who sue over government contracts are watching a false claims suit against the University of Phoenix, which a federal judge in California has cleared for trial. At the same time, some plaintiffs lawyers are eager to see whether the DOJ will now get off the sidelines and intervene, throwing its weight behind the plaintiffs' case. And others in the plaintiffs bar will be looking to see whether the case expands the scope of the False Claims Act.
August 22, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Seeing the potential for billion-dollar damages, lawyers who sue over government contracts are watching a false claims suit against the University of Phoenix. On Friday, a federal judge in Sacramento, Calif., cleared the case for trial.
At the same time, some plaintiffs lawyers are eager to see whether the U.S. Justice Department will now get off the sidelines and intervene, throwing its weight behind the plaintiffs’ case.
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