Federal False Claims Act Yields Millions in MarylandMoszkowicz, Beth
The New York False Claims Act is similar to the Federal False Claims Act. The Federal False Claims Act provides protection to qui tam relators (individuals who commence a False Claims action) who are discharged, demoted, suspended, threatened, harassed, or in any other manner discriminated agains...
(A) the person committing the violation of this subsection furnished officials of the United States responsible for investigating false claims violations with all information known to such person about the violation within 30 days after the date on which the defendant first obtained the information; (...
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...
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, p
Filing Under the False Claims Act If a whistleblower wants to file under the False Claims Act and then find another job and move on with life, the seal period can provide some level of protection for the whistleblower. However, that protection is not permanent and will not always preserve ...
The False Claims Act (FCA) Qui Tam Lawsuits The Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA) The Lacey Act The Sarbanes Oxley Act The Dodd-Frank Act Various government agencies also oversee whistleblower programs, including: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has a whistleblowerprogramthat pays monetary rew...
Federal Court Holds False Claims Act Relators Are Entitled to Share of Government’s Settlements with Non-Parties ByMindy B. Pava,Brendan M. Tyler In another notable False Claims Act development, a Massachusetts federal district court recently held that, when the United States intervenes in a rel...
Hospital system defends against novel federal and state False Claims Act qui tam lawsuits Client(s)Hospital system Jones Day is representing a hospital system in connection with two novel federal and state False Claims Act matters alleging improper arrangements with Medicaid managed health care plans....