The 1986 amendments to the FCA expressly stated that each separate false claim constitutes a claim for which a penalty shall be imposed, even if separate claims are combined and submitted together. To impose a civil penalty it is necessary for the court to determine how many distinct violations ...
Fourth Circuit Finds $24 Million False Claims Act Penalty Not Excessive Even Where No Damages Proven at TrialRawcliffe, Bora
The FCA imposes a penalty for each violation of the statute, as well as “3 times the amount of damages which the Government sustains because of the act of” the defendant. 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a). In cases involving allegations that claims for payment were “tainted” by a defendant’...
950 false claims). Under the old rule, the hospital's maximum potential civil penalties would have been $120,450,000 (or $11,000 per claim). But under the new rule, the potential penalties will skyrocket to as high as $236
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The New York City False Claims Act allows whistleblowers to bring suit in the name of the City of New York where a wrongdoer engages in conduct that defrauds the state or local governments of taxpayer dollars. The law is a broad reaching statute designed to address an array of wrongdoing fr...
Federal district court holds that application of the False Claims Act鈥檚 civil penalty provision would violate the Eighth Amendment鈥檚 prohibition of excessive fines and declines to impose penalties where there is no evidence of economic harm to the government...
The False Claims Act. The False Claims Act prohibits the submission of any claim upon or against the Government which is known to be false. Employees shall ensure that all time charges, expense accoun...
The False Claims Act (FCA) has fast become one of the federal government’s preferred vehicles for recouping monies from providers of services, grant recipients and many others who have only an indirect connection to government funding. With its treble damages, $11,000 per claim penalty, and ...
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