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Welcome to the Fall 2024 issue of “FCA Enforcement & Compliance Digest,” our quarterly newsletter in which we compile essential updates on False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement trends, litigation, agency guidance, and compliance...more
A recent Florida district court decision declared that the False Claims Act’s (FCA) qui tam provision violates the Constitution by vesting executive power in private whistleblowers (relators) that have not been appointed by...more
Mandatory disclosure obligations significantly changed for federal grant recipients, sub-recipients, and applicants on October 1, 2024. The amended federal regulation establishing these mandatory disclosures (2 C.F.R. §...more
On September 30, 2024, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida ruled that filing claims on behalf of the government under qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA) is unconstitutional in...more
On September 30, 2024, Judge Kathryn Mizelle of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida issued a noteworthy decision in United States ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates, LLC, holding that the qui...more
A groundbreaking decision out of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, if affirmed and adopted by higher courts, could impact the ability of private citizens to file suit against those...more
This landmark decision, if upheld on appeal, has the potential to drastically reduce the number of False Claims Act actions brought against government contractors. A U.S. District Court in Florida held that the qui tam...more
On September 30, 2024, a federal district court in Florida held the qui tam enforcement provision of the False Claims Act (“FCA”), which permits private citizens to pursue actions in the name of and on behalf of the...more
A federal judge in Florida issued a ruling this week holding that the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA) are unconstitutional. In the lawsuit, a relator named Clarissa Zafirov accused the defendants of violating...more
A federal court in Florida this week ruled that the qui tam provision of the False Claims Act (FCA) is unconstitutional under the Appointments Clause in Article II of the U.S. Constitution, creating an opportunity for a split...more
On September 30, 2024, in U.S. ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates LLC, Judge Kathryn Mizelle in the Middle District of Florida dismissed a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) on the basis that the...more
Yesterday, a federal district court in the Middle District of Florida issued a decision that threatens the federal government’s continued reliance on the False Claims Act (“FCA”) as the most powerful weapon in the Department...more
On September 30, 2024, the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida dismissed a False Claims Act (FCA) case on the grounds that the qui tam provision of the FCA is unconstitutional. This ruling will almost...more
The False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3729, prohibits federal contractors and others from defrauding the government through the submission of false claims that cause the government to pay too much or receive too little. The...more
Recent activities of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Qui Tam whistleblowers reveal that Medicare Advantage Plans remain at the forefront of investigations for violations of the federal False Claim Act (“FCA”) for...more
What is the state? Before the summer of 2015, there were two schools of thought on the answer to this question in the context of the Florida False Claims Act (FFCA). The first was advanced in a February 2014 Florida Bar...more
Last week, the Florida First District Court of Appeal issued a decision of first impression confirming the controlling role that the Attorney General’s office plays in the life, or death, of a whistleblower action in Florida....more
In a lawsuit brought under the False Claims Act ("FCA") a federal district judge in Florida recently rejected a defendant's challenge to a statistical sampling and extrapolation methodology advanced by a qui tam plaintiff's...more