LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Courts’ Rejection of Rule 9(b) Motions
Energy Litigation Newsletter of the Section of Litigation’s Committee on Energy Litigation, Winter 2007
Oil and gas companies currently are facing enormous claims under the False Claims Act, particularly under its qui tam provisions which allow whistleblowers to bring suits on behalf of the United States and to share in any damages awarded. To defend those claims – and avoid the massive and expensive discovery routinely sought in qui tam actions – defense counsel rely on early, dispositive motions.
