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Fraud Relators Objective Falsity

Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

The compliance lessons in the wake of the Supreme Court decision in U.S. ex rel Schutte v. SuperValu, Inc.

The False Claims Act (FCA) permits private individuals to bring lawsuits in the name of the United States—called qui tam—against those they believe have defrauded the federal government: 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b). The FCA thereby...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

False Claims Act - 2023 Year in Review

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

Venable LLP

Eighth Circuit Curtails False Claims Act Liability Premised on Anti-Kickback Statute Violations

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​​​​​​​Last week the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals offered defendants in False Claims Act cases based on Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) violations a significant new defense in its holding in United States ex rel. Cairns v....more

King & Spalding

Ninth Circuit Holds That Medical Opinions Do Not Automatically Preclude FCA Liability at the Pleading Stage

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In late March, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit revived a whistleblower lawsuit under the False Claims Act (FCA) in which a former employee accused a healthcare provider of submitting reimbursement...more

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False Claims Act: New Developments for an Old Law

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The past 18 months have been a (relatively) wild time for the False Claims Act - on the books since 1863. In FY2018 the Department of Justice obtained more than $2.8 billion in settlements and judgments from cases involving...more

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