Rajeev Muttreja focuses on appellate litigation, motions practice, and legal strategy in federal and state courts. He has argued before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits and has drafted briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court, many other appellate courts, and trial courts across the country. Rajeev has deep familiarity with the False Claims Act (FCA) and has worked extensively with Firm clients in the pharmaceutical and health care industries and in the financial markets across many contexts. He also has significant experience with issues of federal jurisdiction, class actions, securities law, administrative law, corporate governance, the 340B drug pricing program, ESG (environmental, social, and governance) regulation, RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), and many other areas of law.
In his work involving the FCA, Rajeev has played a leading role in the successful defense of cases involving the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law, off-label pharmaceutical marketing, alleged Medicare and Medicaid overbilling, and other alleged statutory or regulatory violations. Rajeev also helped draft the successful petition for certiorari and winning merits briefs in Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations v. Brown, 131 S. Ct. 2846 (2011), which clarified the law of personal jurisdiction.
Rajeev maintains an active pro bono practice. He has worked extensively with the National Immigrant Justice Center and is a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit's pro bono panel.
Rajeev heads law clerk recruiting for the Firm's New York Office.
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Weitere Veröffentlichungen
- July 2020
Last days of judicial imperialism? (Daily Journal) – An article about the U.S. Supreme Court's grants of certiorari in two cases that could significantly rein in and clarify the scope of the Alien Tort Statute.
- April 25, 2023
PLI's Appellate Advocacy 2023 - June 22, 2022
New York City Bar Association - New York Court of Appeals Roundup, 2021-2022 Term, moderator - April 26, 2022
PLI's Appellate Advocacy 2022 - April 29, 2021
The Long Arm of the U.S.: The Reach of U.S. Courts Over Chinese Businesses, China General Chamber of Commerce - USA - April 27, 2021
PLI's Appellate Advocacy 2021 - April 28, 2020
PLI's Appellate Advocacy 2020 - April 30, 2019
PLI's Appellate Advocacy 2019 - April 19, 2018
PLI's Appellate Advocacy 2018 - October 19, 2016
PLI's FIRREA: How the Government is Using the Act to Investigate and Prosecute Financial Institutions for Fraud
- New York University (J.D. magna cum laude 2008; Order of the Coif; Butler Scholar [top 10 in class after four semesters]; Vanderbilt Medal; Senior Executive Editor, New York University Law Review); Yale University (B.S. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology 2000)
- New York; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, and Federal Circuits; and U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York
New York Law Journal, "Rising Star" (2019)
Super Lawyers, New York Metro "Rising Star" in appellate litigation (2017, 2018, and 2019)
- Law Clerk to Judge John M. Walker Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (2008-2009)