In recent months, False Claims Act (FCA) defendants have increasingly sought to challenge the constitutionality of the statute’s qui tam provisions.
This trend gained momentum following Justice Thomas’s dissent in United...more
The final months of 2021 saw a flurry of noteworthy False Claims Act (FCA) activity. Among other developments, appellate courts issued important decisions concerning materiality, the government’s qui tam dismissal authority,...more
3/1/2022
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False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Materiality ,
Private Equity ,
Qui Tam ,
Relators ,
Retaliation ,
Settlement ,
Whistleblowers
On July 19, 2019, Myriad Genetics disclosed a $9.1 million settlement agreement to resolve a False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam lawsuit alleging that it engaged in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare for certain hereditary...more
In two recent decisions, federal district courts in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Southern District of Illinois, respectively, considered the Government’s motions to dismiss False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuits...more