Statutory Interpretation FCRA and False Claims Act Scienter

7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: United States of America ex rel. Tracy Schutte, et al., v. SuperValu Inc., et al.,
Case No.: 20-2241
Officials: ROVNER, HAMILTON, and ST. EVE, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Statutory Interpretation FCRA and False Claims Act Scienter
This Court is no stranger to False Claims Act qui tam actions. The present appeal, however, contains a novel question for this Circuit: does the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act’s scienter provision in Safeco Insurance Company of America v. Burr, 551 U.S. 47 (2007), apply with equal force to the False Claims Act’s...