(c) If the Government elects to intervene and proceed with an action brought under 3730(b), the Government may file its own complaint or amend the complaint of a person who has brought an action under section 3730(b) to clarify or add detail to the claims in which the Government is in...
Federal False Claims Act Yields Millions in MarylandMoszkowicz, Beth
The Federal False Claims Act does include a seal provision. This provision means that the case is initially filed in secret, preserving a person’s anonymity in whistleblower cases. Only the government and the attorneys for the whistleblower will know that the case has been filed. For that ...
Under the Federal False Claims Act, a"Claim"is redefined to include not only claims submitted by a health care provider to the Government, but now also includesany claim submitted by a contractor or subcontractor to the provider or managed care organization"if the money or property is to be ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
HCFAC is beginning to widen the government’s avenues to prosecute healthcare fraud and abuse matters. Traditional enforcement methods have seen a drastic decrease in recoveries post-pandemic, specifically a decrease of more than $3 billion in False Claims Act (FC...
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...