In its upcoming term, the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to address the issue of whether the United States can seek to dismiss a whistleblower’s False Claims Act (“FCA”) lawsuit after it.
Since the American Law Institute (ALI) voted in May 2018 to approve the final draft of its Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance (RLLI), many have closely watched to see what.
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A recent ruling by a Pennsylvania Federal District Court
addresses whether putative class members may be interviewed by the
Defendant prior to a decision on class certification.
In a decision rendered by Senior U.S. District Judge Harvey
Bartle (
Lloyd v. Covanta Plymouth Renewable Energy, LLC,
2:20-cv-04330-HB, E.D. Pa. Apr. 1, 2021), the Court granted the
Defendant company s request to interview putative class members
without the Named Plaintiff s counsel present.
Because the putative class members are not represented parties
and do not possess a traditional attorney-client