(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...
The article examines the expansion of contractor and subcontractor liability in the False Claims Act under the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (FERA) in the U.S. The FERA does not require direct presentment to the federal government for liability to arise. Also noted is the lack ...
In response to their common questions, “How did this happen?”and “What is going on?”comes the following summary of how arrests for federal crimes happen here in Texas. Of course, this is from a criminal defense perspective from a lawyer who has practiced before the federal b...
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. ...
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...
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....
In addition to working with the Criminal Division of DOJ, OIG is also supporting the Civil Di- vision in the investigation of a Qui Tam case (federal false claims action brought, in the name of the United States by a private citizen, the relator) against AT&T, for allegedly defrauding ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York state judge was convicted Monday of obstructing a federal probe into one of the nation's oldest and largest credit unions for over a half million New York City workers, including hospital employees, as well as state and federa
false, unqualified U.S.-origin claims went into effect. The penalty reflects the FTC’s more aggressive approach to enforcement in this area. Additional details about the company and the penalty are available in the FTC’sblog post. We have provided below a summary of the facts and an ...