Second Circuit: United States of America ex rel. Wood v. Allergan, Inc.

As the statute bars bringing a claim when another claim is pending (even under seal), amendment of claim subsequent to the end of the first-filed suit does not allow the later-filed suit to survive the statutory bar.

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