{"id":112,"date":"2023-06-09T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T19:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/falseclaimsact\/?p=112"},"modified":"2025-03-05T15:15:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T19:15:45","slug":"scotus-focuses-on-subjective-intent-in-overturning-false-claim-act-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/falseclaimsact\/2023\/06\/09\/scotus-focuses-on-subjective-intent-in-overturning-false-claim-act-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"SCOTUS Focuses on Subjective Intent in Overturning False Claim Act Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Writing for a unanimous Supreme Court of the United States, on June 1, 2023, Justice Clarence Thomas issued a decision clarifying the knowledge requirement for cases brought pursuant to the False Claims Act (FCA). In overturning the consolidated cases of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/22pdf\/21-1326_6jfl.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>United States ex rel. Schutte et al. v. SuperValu Inc., et al<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/qp\/22-00111qp.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>United States ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway, Inc<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>, the Supreme Court rejected the Seventh Circuit\u2019s focus on the objectively reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous rule or regulation. Instead, the Court held that the FCA\u2019s scienter requirement refers to the defendant\u2019s subjective knowledge and belief at the time the claim is submitted. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/alerts\/us_supreme_court_focuses_subjective_intent_overturning_false_claims_act_cases_0623.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/alerts\/us_supreme_court_focuses_subjective_intent_overturning_false_claims_act_cases_0623.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the full <em>Alert <\/em>on the Duane Morris website. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing for a unanimous Supreme Court of the United States, on June 1, 2023, Justice Clarence Thomas issued a decision clarifying the knowledge requirement for cases brought pursuant to the False Claims Act (FCA). In overturning the consolidated cases of\u00a0United States ex rel. Schutte et al. v. SuperValu Inc., et al.\u00a0and\u00a0United States ex rel. Proctor &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/falseclaimsact\/2023\/06\/09\/scotus-focuses-on-subjective-intent-in-overturning-false-claim-act-cases\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SCOTUS Focuses on Subjective Intent in Overturning False Claim Act Cases&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[12,18,17],"ppma_author":[5],"class_list":["post-112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-dan-walworth","tag-fca","tag-pharmacy"],"authors":[{"term_id":5,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/falseclaimsact\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2020\/10\/dmlogo.jpg","author_category":"1","last_name":"Davies","first_name":"Thomas","job_title":"","user_url":"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com","description":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\">Visit the Duane Morris website.<\/a>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/falseclaimsact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/falseclaimsact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/falseclaimsact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/falseclaimsact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/falseclaimsact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/falseclaimsact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/falseclaimsact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/falseclaimsact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/falseclaimsact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/falseclaimsact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}