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In a recent opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit weighed in on what standard to apply in reviewing government motions to dismiss False Claims Act actions. A three-way circuit split has developed regarding the standard governing a government motion to dismiss a whistleblower’s non-intervened qui tam case, but the varying approaches in the courts may be less important to the viability of government dismissals than the actions of the executive and legislative branches.

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