Bradley’s Government Enforcement and Investigations Practice Group is pleased to present the False Claims Act: 2024 Year in Review, our annual review of significant False Claims Act (FCA) cases, developments and trends....more
2/5/2025
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Cybersecurity ,
Damages ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
First-to-File ,
Fraud ,
Fraudulent Inducement ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Hospitals ,
Materiality ,
Medicare ,
Penalties ,
Public Disclosure Bar ,
Retaliation ,
Reverse False Claims ,
Settlement ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
In its traditional form, the advice of counsel defense can validate conduct that might otherwise be considered criminal. But invocation carries a steep cost: The defendant must waive his privilege with the lawyer who gave the...more
As we do every year, this issue revisits the key cases and other developments from the year gone by. And by most metrics, 2023 was a notable year for the False Claims Act (FCA).
We start with the numbers: The Department...more
2/28/2024
/ Causation ,
Damages ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Materiality ,
Objective Falsity ,
Penalties ,
Qui Tam ,
Relators ,
Retaliation ,
Scienter ,
Settlement ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Whistleblowers
When the Corporate Transparency Act took effect earlier this month, most commentary rightly focused on the obligations it imposed and the measures necessary to comply with its terms. As part of that analysis, commentators...more