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Christopher Denig

Chris Denig, who has been named by The American Lawyer as "Litigator of the Week" for his False Claims Act litigation work, represents major corporations, boards of directors, and senior executives in high stakes government enforcement matters, sensitive internal investigations, and complex False Claims Act investigations and litigation, as well as other litigation and compliance matters. Chris was co-lead counsel in U.S. ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources (EHR) an important False Claims Act case, successfully representing EHR in the EDPA, Third Circuit, and ultimately a win in the United States Supreme Court.  

As a partner in the White Collar Defense and Investigations practice, Chris routinely represents clients before the U.S. Department of Justice, Securities & Exchange Commission, Congress, State Attorneys General, and other law enforcement and regulatory agencies. Chris has advised clients in the life sciences, financial services, defense, technology, Gaming, and manufacturing industries on a variety of white collar matters including those relating to corporate whistleblowers, cybersecurity, accounting fraud, insider trading, export controls, foreign bribery, government contracting, the Animal Welfare Act, and Clean Water Act.

He regularly represents major pharmaceutical and medical device companies with issues relating to current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), off-label promotion, kickbacks, Park issues, state consumer protection/unlawful trade practices issues, as well as False Claims Act and other civil litigation.

Chris clerked for Judge Richard M. Berman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School and B.A. from Swarthmore College.

Under the False Claims Act’s (“FCA”) first-to-file bar, “no person other than the Government may intervene or bring a related action based on the facts underlying the pending action.”  But can a relator amend her complaint to add, remove, or substitute relators without violating the first-to-file bar?  Recently, the Third


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