July 8, 2022. Law360 recently published a round-up of the top government contracts cases for the first half of 2022. Partner Jonathan Tycko was quoted relating to the Seventh Circuit’s ruling that “objectively reasonable” actions are not False Claims Act violations.
I think the Department of Justice really sees this issue [objective reasonableness] as very fundamental to their view of the False Claims Act, and as probably the biggest threat to their power under the False Claims Act in recent times.”