{"id":3482,"date":"2014-06-16T08:52:59","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T12:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/?p=3482"},"modified":"2020-09-23T21:57:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T01:57:24","slug":"third-circuit-adopts-liberal-notice-pleading-standard-false-claims-act-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/third-circuit-adopts-liberal-notice-pleading-standard-false-claims-act-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Circuit Adopts Liberal Notice Pleading Standard for False Claims Act Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Refusing to adopt the heightened pleading standard under Rule 9(b), the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed the U.S. District Court for New Jersey\u2019s order, which held that Plaintiff Foglia failed to meet the pleading requirements under Rule 9(b) for pleading a false claims act case. <i>U.S. ex rel. Foglia v. Renal Ventures Mgmt., LLC, <\/i>2014 WL 2535339 (3d Cir. June 6, 2014).\u00a0 In contrast to the District Court, the Third Circuit agreed to a more liberal standard for pleading cases under the federal False Claims Act and concluded that Foglia\u2019s factually false claim against Renal proved sufficient to satisfy Rule 9(b). \u00a0The circuits are split over whether a whistleblower must allege specific examples of false claims to survive a Rule 12(b)(6) motion, and the Third Circuit held that the whistleblower need not provide such specific examples.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/third-circuit-adopts-liberal-notice-pleading-standard-false-claims-act-cases\/#more-3482\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Refusing to adopt the heightened pleading standard under Rule 9(b), the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed the U.S. District Court for New Jersey\u2019s order, which held that Plaintiff Foglia failed to meet the pleading requirements under Rule 9(b) for pleading a false claims act case. 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