False Claims Act Update: District Court Rejects DOJ Motion to Intervene for Lack of “Good Cause”

False Claims Act Update: District Court Rejects DOJ Motion to Intervene for Lack of “Good Cause”

March 29, 2021, Covington Advisory

When the United States government decides to intervene in False Claims Act litigation after initially declining intervention, it is not “déjà vu all over again.” Instead, as one court has recognized, the “government is getting on a moving train,” and it can only be permitted to “intervene at a later date” if it can show “good cause” for doing so. See 31 U.S.C. § 3730(c)(3).