Case Updates
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court holds that serial corporate relator does not have standing under the Massachusetts False Claims Act
August 07, 2018
Click here to view the opinion.
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in 911 fees case
September 11, 2017
The Chamber’s amicus brief argues that the Massachusetts Court of Appeals should affirm the judgment in favor of Verizon New England in a case brought under the Massachusetts False Claims Act (“Massachusetts FCA”). The brief argue that the “tax bar” in the Massachusetts FCA blocks a lawsuit by a relator to enforce the Commonwealth's tax laws; that the Massachusetts FCA does not permit corporate relators to act as whistleblowers; that the “public disclosure bar” in the Massachusetts FCA blocks the lawsuit; and that the relator’s lawsuit failed Rule 9(b)’s pleading requirement.
Jonathan G. Cederbaum of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.
Case Documents
- Opinion Granting MTD -- Phone Recovery Services, LLC v. Verizon of New England, Inc. (Massachusetts Superior Court).pdf
- Brief of the Plaintiffs-Appellants -- Phone Recovery Services, LLC v. Verizon of New England, Inc. (Massachusetts Appeals Court).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Phone Recovery Services, LLC v. Verizon of New England, Inc. (Massachusetts Appeals Court).pdf
- Opinion -- Phone Recovery Services, LLC v. Verizon of New England, Inc. (Massachusetts Appeals Court).pdf