false claims act 读音:美英 false claims act基本解释 (美)《虚假陈述法》 分词解释 FALSE虚伪的 claims(根据权利而提出的)要求( claim的名词复数 ) act行动
The False Claims Act does not explicitly define what it means for a claim to be “false or fraudulent.” However, courts have interpreted these terms very broadly. TheSupreme Court of the United Stateshas stated that the phrase “false or fraudulent claim” reaches “all types of fraud, with...
Martin v. Hathaway, holding that plaintiffs in False Claims Act (FCA) cases alleging a violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) must establish that the false claim would not have occurred "but for" the illegal kickbacks. Circuit decisions have been split regarding what kind of causal ...
In the False Claims Act, the government reviews the claim and hopefully decides to take over the litigation, but if they do not the individual may. With the SEC and CFTC programs, the whistleblower files the case and the agencies can pursue it or not. If not the whistleblower has no ...
Supreme Court held that that “[t]he False Claims Act’s scienter element refers to the pharmacies’ knowledge and subjective beliefs (not to what an objectively reasonable person may have known or believed).1,2 The Supreme Court further opined that the basis for determining the parties’ “...
claims with respect to which the Government contends it is entitled to relief. For statute of limitations purposes, any such Government pleading shall relate back to the filing date of the complaint of the person who originally brought the action, to the extent that the claim of the Government...
False Claims ActTax ExpenditureFraudThe federal False Claims Act (FCA) may be a tool for combating fraudulent claims regarding tax expenditures. The FCA has been used to protect the public fisc by imposing liability upon anyone who makes a false or fraudulent claim relating to an expenditure of...
Under the False Claims Act those who knowingly submit, or cause another person or entity to submit, false claims for payment of government funds are liable for three times the government’s damages plus civil penalties of $5,500 to $11,000 per false claim. The False Claims Act explicitly...
As we previously wrote on the blog, the Department of Justice has recently expanded its enforcement of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3730, into the arena of data security requirements in contracts with the federal government. The Act permits both the government and whistleblowers (...
“claim, record, or statement.” Connecticut also expanded the scope of its FCA statute to include claims relating to most state programs and benefits (although explicitly carving out tax-related claims), rather than only state-administered health and human services programs, as it had previously....