Construction,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
May 9, 2025
The False Claims Act in action: What Hendrix v. J-M reveals
The Ninth Circuit took a common-sense approach in the case, steering clear of case law and legislative history, and focusing on what could be proven
Garret D. Murai
Partner
Nomos LLP
Garret is the editor of the California Construction Law Blog at www.calconstructionlawblog.com.
You may have heard of the False Claims Act and know that it penalizes companies and individuals in contract with the government who present false claims. The federal False Claims Act was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 to penalize profiteers during the Civil War who were selling the Union Army moth-eaten blankets, boxes of sawdust instead of guns, and sometimes re-selling the Army calvary horses several times over. Since then, many states, including Calif...
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