STATE OF CALIFORNIA v. PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, LLP PART - I

STATE OF CALIFORNIA v. PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, LLP

Filed 8/31/06 (this opinion should follow companion case, S123951, also filed 8/31/06)

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ex rel. )

KAMALA HARRIS, as District )

Attorney, etc., et al., )

)

Plaintiffs and Appellants, )

) S131807

v. )

) Ct.App. 1/4 A095918

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, LLP, )

et al., )

) San Francisco County

Defendants and Appellants. ) Super. Ct. No. 993507

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The California False Claims Act (CFCA; Gov. Code, § 12650 et seq.) provides that any â€