Solicitor General Donald Verrilli discussed the history and purpose of the Solicitor General’s office in the keynote address at Tuesday’s Sixth Circuit Practice Institute. He explained that the commonly-held idea that he is representing the United States as an abstraction is misguided. With every important issue, the Solicitor General reaches out to agencies and executive … Continue Reading
Yesterday, the Supreme Court called for the Solicitor General’s views on a cert petition involving a Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act question from the Sixth Circuit. We previously reported on the decision DRFP, LLC v. The Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela in which the Sixth Circuit wrestled with questions concerning the federal court’s jurisdiction over foreign nations … Continue Reading
Back in October, this blog considered the Sixth Circuit’s strict application of the False Claim Act’s requirement that qui tam complaints be filed under seal. In doing so, we questioned whether the Court’s decision in US ex rel Summers v. LHC Group, Inc., No. 09-5883 (6th Cir. Oct. 4, 2010), upholding the dismissal of an … Continue Reading