Qui Tam Relators Not Entitled to Intervene in Criminal Forfeiture Action; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit No. 16-10160, United States v. Neil A. Van Dyck
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court’s denial of relators’ motion to intervene in a criminal forfeiture action, holding that the False Claims Act’s “alternate remedy” provisions do not allow a civil relator to intervene in a criminal action in order to recover proceeds that might arise from that […]