The Supreme Court granted certiorari today in a case that will decide two important questions under the False Claims Act (FCA).  In United States ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc., the Relator asks the Court to decide:

  1.   Whether the government has authority to dismiss an FCA suit after initially declining to

The Supreme Court today unanimously decided that a relator may take advantage of the longer ten-year statute of limitations under the False Claims Act in a case in which the United States has declined to intervene, as long as the action is brought within three years of Government knowledge of the alleged fraud.  Cochise Consultancy,