The 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, defectiv
in the case of multiple defendants, any one defendant can be found, resides, transacts business, or in which any act proscribed by section 3729 occurred. A summons as required by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall be issued by the appropriate...
Health care management Using the civil False Claims Act against Medicare providers in federal courts| A content analysis based on agency theory THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Sara Rosenbaum KraybillJoy LouiseLegal scholars and the Medicare provider community contend that the civil False Claims Act (...
TheFederal False Claims Act(“FCA”) imposes civil penalties on people and companies who “knowingly” (as that term is defined in the FCA) submit a false claim or statement to a federally funded program, or otherwise conspire to defraud the government. ...
in collaboration with other agencies, to develop a strategic plan for “end[ing] illegal discrimination and preferences, including DEI,” in the private sector. As part of that plan, the EOs direct each agency to “identify up to nine potential civil compl...
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...
False Claims Act (“FCA”) as another statutory weapon aimed at eliminating what it perceives as a scourge of “illegal,”“demean[ing],” and “immoral” DEI programs. The False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §3729, is a whistleblower statute intended to prevent companies from defraud...
Client(s)Education Management Corporation 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, pr...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former senior official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday agreed to pay $10,000 to resolve civil allegations that he violated federal conflict of interest rules after departing his post in 2016. The Justice Department said that t...
In a decision that may have far-reaching implications to the Federal Government’s efforts to oversee the E-Rate Program, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed a district court decision denying several technology companies’ motion to dismiss a False Claims Act (FCA) case aris...