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Whistleblowers Dismissal With Prejudice

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Eleventh Circuit Addresses the False Claims Act Public-Disclosure Bar

The Eleventh Circuit’s published decision in United States ex rel. Smith v. Odom, 2025 WL 2424425 (11th Cir. Aug. 22, 2025), affirms dismissal with prejudice under the False Claims Act’s public-disclosure bar and offers...more

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Delaware Court of Chancery Denies Motion to Dismiss in Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit Related to Mindbody Inc.'s Billion Dollar...

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Delaware Court of Chancery Denies Motion to Dismiss in Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit Related to Mindbody Inc.’s Billion Dollar Merger with Vista Equity Partners; Second Circuit Unanimously Affirms Lower Court’s Decision...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Retaliation Plaintiff Not A Covered Whistleblower Under Plain Reading Of Dodd-Frank Act, Court Rules

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A former employee who failed to show he reported alleged securities law violations to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as required under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (DFA), cannot...more

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense

Federal Court Rules That Providing Testimony to FINRA Is Not Protected Activity Under Dodd-Frank

On April 19, 2018, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey held that providing testimony to FINRA (which is overseen by the SEC) does not constitute protected activity for purposes of establishing a...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Seventh Circuit Uses Rule 9(b) to Dismiss False Claims Act Case

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The Seventh Circuit has been on quite a tear recently with cases involving the False Claims Act; we wrote about three of them, involving the federal assignment law, the worthless-services doctrine, and the public-disclosure...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Whistleblower Defendant Blows Whistle on Whistleblower

Antonio Saidiani filed a whistleblower suit alleging that NextCare urgent centers and CEO Dr. Shufeldt had collected tens of millions of dollars in false Medicare claims. Antonio was in a position to know because he was that...more

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