550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 266,259 times 365 Legal Analyses
Holding that a complaint's allegations should "contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face' "
Holding that hospitals' claims for reimbursement of doctor's services using medical devices were "false" under the FCA where the doctors had accepted kickbacks from the medical device manufacturer
Holding that § 3730(b) does not prohibit all forms of joinder but only prevents permissive intervention in a relator's suit by unrelated parties under Fed.R.Civ.P. 24(b)
382 F. Supp. 2d 513 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) Cited 44 times
Finding that a new class of plaintiffs, whose claims related to stock purchases made prior to an IPO, could not relate back to an earlier class action complaint wherein the scope of the class was "explicitly tied" to that IPO
Holding that allegations that the defendants have continued to engage in the same fraud after a settlement are not based upon the public disclosures that lead to the settlement