Fresno, CA
Employment and labor Lawyer at Fresno, CA
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Discrimination ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Order dismising the action with prejudice affirmed
The Court of Appeal concluded that the post-exoneration rule applicable to legal malpractice claims generally applied to the plaintiff's novel claim that attorney malpractice allegedly occurring during ... a Penal Code section 1368 proceeding resulted in an unwarranted and prolonged incarceration.
OUTCOME: Dismissal of the action
We successfully persuaded the court to dismiss these multi-million dollar False Claims Act cases over the objection of the qui tam relator. The reasons for dismissal were rationally related to the fur ... therance of a governmental objective, and not fraudulent, arbitrary or illegal.
OUTCOME: Court affirmed the decision dismissing action
In the first case litigated under section 3730(c)(2)(A), the Ninth Circuit concluded that the government can dismiss even a meritorious False Claims Act lawsuit over the objections of the qui tam plain ... tiff provided the dismissal is rationally related to legitimate governmental interests. This case set the standard used to determine when the government can cause a dismissal irrespective of the merits of the case.
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