Federal and State/False Claims Act DevelopmentsMay 18, 2006 The 16th National Institute on Health Care Fraud 2006, The American Bar AssociationFort Lauderdale Grande, Fort Lauderdale, FLJohn T. Boese
Panelist, A New Day Has Dawned: Federal and State False Claims Act Litigation is Now the Vanguard, presented at the ABA Section of Litigation and Criminal Justice Section 2011 Conference, MiamiMeredith S...
Jones Day is defending Education Management Company (EDMC) against a False Claims Act action brought by private relators and joined by the federal government, several states and the District of Columbia. EDMC is one of the nation's largest, for-profit, providers of secondary education. The clai...
Government or causes the wrongful expenditure of U.S Government funds, a whistleblower may be entitled to bring suit under the Federal False Claims Act. Where the conduct cheats state or city governments out of money or deprives them of the products and services that they contracted to buy, ...
.Federal and State LawsThe False Claims Act (nicknamed the "Lincoln Law") dates back to the civil war which was marked by fraud at all levels, federal, state and confederacy. Even then contractors sold sick horse and mules, defective weapons and spoiled
The Justice Department’s enforcement programs are resuming – False Claims Act, FCPA and other programs will continue. The rate of enforcement,...
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...
This is a brief discussion of the constitutional questions raised by qui tam provisions; of the history of such provisions; and of the three existing, active federal qui tam statutes--the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. 3729-3733; the false marking patent statute, 35 U.S.C. 292; and ...
Expansion of Federal False Claims ActThe Federal Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (FERA) was enacted in May 2009. FERA is a major expansion of the Federal False Claims Act and has significant application to Medicaid providers, managed care plans, and their contractors. Under the ...
Eventually, it is most likely that if a person files a False Claims Act case, the person will be named by the court as the whistleblower. That process can take time. The whistleblower can benefit from the government’s investigation and remain hidden while the government conducts their ...