( October 16, 2026, 8:43 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A False Claims Act relator filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court asking the court to determine whether postjudgment interest on attorney fees begins when a judgment establishes a plaintiff’s entitlement to fees or when a later judgment quantifies the fee award, saying an appellate panel’s ruling on the issue “deepens an entrenched circuit split.”...