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Cozen O'Connor

Whistleblower Watch - A quarterly update on FCA Enforcement and Qui Tam Litigation - Winter 2024

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Whistleblower Watch is a comprehensive source for all False Claims Act (FCA) news and information. Every quarter, Cozen O’Connor will provide in-house counsel and compliance professionals with a summary of the most notable...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

The FCA at the Supreme Court, Part 4 of 4: Government Intervention and Dismissal of FCA Cases

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The False Claims Act (FCA) saw quite a bit of action at the Supreme Court in its most recent completed term. In this fourth and final installment of PilieroMazza’s blog series “The FCA at the Supreme Court,” we examine active...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Supreme Court Upholds Broad Government Authority to Dismiss Qui Tam False Claims Act Lawsuits

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On June 16, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in U.S. ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, a closely watched case about the government’s power to dismiss a False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam lawsuit over a...more

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What Does the DOJ’s New Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative Mean for You?

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As discussed in a previous post, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative to utilize one of the strongest tools in its toolbox—the False Claims Act—to hold entities receiving federal...more

Troutman Pepper

US Supreme Court False Claims Act Decision in Escobar Has Significant Implications for Contractors

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On June 16, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the matter of Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar, 136 S. Ct. 1989 (2016), changing the legal landscape for False Claims Act qui tam claims...more

The Volkov Law Group

Check Up on Healthcare Fraud Prosecutions

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Chief compliance officers face an overwhelming level of risk in the healthcare sector. I do not mean to belittle the risks of corruption, AML, sanctions and other risks typically associated with global companies. Healthcare...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Federal Government Recovers $3.5 Billion from False Claims Cases in 2015

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The United States Department of Justice has announced that it has recovered over $3.5 Billion from cases brought under the False Claims Act (FCA) in fiscal year 2015. This significant aggregate recovery is a slight decline...more

The Volkov Law Group

Justice Department Charges Pharma President with Kickback Conspiracy

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In the public relations battle following the issuance of the Yates Memo, the Justice Department can now cite one example for the new policy – the recent arrest and charging of Carl Reichel, former President of Warner...more

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Millennium Health to Pay $256 million in False Claims Act Settlement

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Millennium Health, one of the nation’s largest urine drug testing laboratories, has agreed to pay the government $256 million to resolve claims that it violated the Federal False Claims Act (“FCA”). The Settlement...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

False Claim Act: 2013 Year in Review

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Last year continued the trend of robust False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and proliferating qui tam lawsuits brought by whistleblowers on behalf of the United States. In 2012, DOJ...more

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