United States: The Supreme Court Holds that the False Claims Act's Scienter Element Turns on Defendant's Subjective Beliefs, Rejecting Seventh Circuit's Objective Standard - Goodwin Procter LLP

The Supreme Court recently issued a significant decision clarifying what it means to "knowingly" submit a false claim under the False Claims Act. At issue in United States ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc. were allegations...