On July 10, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit made clear that in False Claims Act cases brought under an implied certification theory, certifying compliance with the federal statute or regulation at issue must be a condition of payment.

In United States ex rel. Davis v. District of Columbia,

By Stuart Gerson

In this blog and subsequently in an article on the subject under the aegis  of the American Health Lawyers Association that can be found at http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=b68c51ae-2bdb-490e-ac3d-02c351a19310 EBG analyzed the DC Circuit’s decision  in  In re Kellogg Brown & Root, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 12115 (D.C. Cir. 2014).  The DC Circuit’s holding