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DC Circuit Affirms Dismissal of FCA Claim Based On Insufficient Evidence of Materiality

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DC Circuit Affirms Dismissal of FCA Claim Based On Insufficient Evidence of Materiality Blog Original Source Sidley Austin LLP USA February 22 2017 In United States ex rel. McBride et al.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Blackwater Fights To Keep Out Testimony In FCA Suit

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Blackwater Fights To Keep Out Testimony In FCA Suit By Chuck Stanley Law360, Washington (February 15, 2017, 4:05 PM EST) — Academi Training Center Inc., successor to private military contractor Blackwater,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Judge Denies Bid To Delay Trial In Blackwater FCA Suit

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Judge Denies Bid To Delay Trial In Blackwater FCA Suit By Rick Archer Law360, New York (February 9, 2017, 8:14 PM EST) — A Virginia federal judge Thursday denied a request… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Blackwater Successor Wants Trial Delayed For 4th Circ. Ruling

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Blackwater Successor Wants Trial Delayed For 4th Circ. Ruling By Rick Archer Law360, New York (February 6, 2017, 3:40 PM EST) — Blackwater successor Academi Training Center Inc. asked a Virginia… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Judge: False Claims trial of Blackwater successor to go ahead as scheduled

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Judge: False Claims trial of Blackwater successor to go ahead as scheduled 2/14/17 | by Brian Seay A federal judge denied a private security firm’s request last week to delay a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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DC Circuit joins other circuits in enforcing Escobar’s strict materiality requirement: key takeaways

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DC Circuit joins other circuits in enforcing Escobar’s strict materiality requirement: key takeaways Litigation Alert 21 FEB 2017 By: Courtney Gilligan Saleski John M. Hillebrecht Andrew J. Hoffman Michael G. Lewis… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Privatization of the war on drugs in Mexico and Colombia: limiting the application of humanitarian law and endangering human rights

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International Humanitarian Law and Legal Status of Personnel in Private Military Companies as Participants in the Internal Armed Conflicts

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Defending Military Contractors against War Zone Tort Actions

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Entrepreneurs of Punishment: How Private Contractors Made and Are Remaking the Modern Criminal Justice System – An Account of Convict Transportation and Electronic Monitoring

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