Posts Tagged ‘Granston memo’
DOJ Cites Significant Costs and Burdens on Request to Dismiss Qui Tam Case
The Department of Justice has once again exercised its authority under the False Claims Act in seeking the dismissal of a relator’s qui tam lawsuit. Government attorneys, in their motion to dismiss filed on Aug. 20, told the court that further litigation would result in imposing “significant costs and burdens on the government and waste…
Read MoreThe Granston Memo One Year Later
Last year, we wrote about an internal memo from the U.S. Department of Justice addressing the dismissal of qui tam (whistleblower) cases. The Granston Memo, so named because it was written by DOJ’s Director of Civil Fraud Section Michael Granston, outlined various factors government prosecutors should use to evaluate whether a False Claims Act (FCA)…
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