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Do Negligent Misrepresentation Claims Need to Be Pleaded With Particularity in the Third Circuit?

Just last month, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California highlighted that courts “are split on the question of whether Rule 9(b)’s heightened pleading standard applies to negligent misrepresentation claims.

The 'Substantial Assistance' Element of Aiding and Abetting Fraud Claims

"The tort of aiding and abetting common law fraud is often asserted when an advisor or consultant to a defendant is involved in a transaction in which plaintiff alleges the defendant committed fraud."

Eleventh Circuit Further Clarifies its “Reliable Indicia” Pleading Standard Under the False Claims Act

It has long been the law of the Eleventh Circuit that, under the False Claims Act (FCA) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b), a relator