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Some Serious Strings Attached: Sponsored Research Funding, Adequate Accounting Systems, and False Claims Act Exposure

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The federal government awards billions of dollars each year in sponsored research funding to institutions of higher education, academic research institutions, non-profit organizations, and companies—making federal grants an...more

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Third Circuit Confirms Expansion of Anti-Retaliation Standard Under the False Claims Act

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On November 30, 2022, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals vacated dismissal of a retaliation action brought by Don Ascolese (“Ascolese”) under the False Claims Act (“FCA”).  See United States ex rel. Don Ascolese v. Shoemaker...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Anti-Retaliation under the False Claims Act

The False Claims Act encourages whistleblowers to come forward when they suspect their employer is committing fraud. This post provides a general overview of the False Claims Act’s anti-retaliation provision, which protects...more

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Supreme Court Leaves Fifth Circuit False Claims Act Ruling Intact

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The Background: In early December, the Supreme Court denied a whistleblower's request to review the Fifth Circuit's affirmance of the district court's dismissal of a False Claims Act ("FCA") case. This denial left the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The False Claims Act: The Circuit Splits You Might Want To Be Aware Given The Growing Consensus That There Will Be An Increase In...

There is a growing consensus that False Claims Act (“FCA”) filings will increase in light of the vast sums of government money entering the economic bloodstream. Whistleblowers will be on the lookout for what is predicted to...more

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense

First Cir. Sets Pleading Standard For FCA Whistleblower Retaliation Claims

On January 15, 2019, the First Circuit ruled that a plaintiff adequately alleges protected activity under the FCA whistleblower protection provision where he asserts that he reported concerns about his employer’s conduct that...more

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Second Circuit Sets False Claims Act Pleading Standard For Claim Information

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Last week, the Second Circuit held that a False Claims Act relator does not have to plead details of specific alleged false billings or invoices to the government, as long as he can allege facts leading to a strong inference...more

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Seventh Circuit Clarifies “Heightened” Pleading Standard for Fraud Claims under the False Claims Act

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A recent decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit addressed the standard that courts should use to decide whether a whistleblower plaintiff has adequately pleaded that a defendant committed fraud...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

California Lawyer 2015 Roundtable Series – False Claims Act

False Claims Act practice is evolving in subtle ways that may particularly affect cases where the federal government does not intervene. Recent decisions help clarify the law’s “first-to-file” rule and who may pursue...more

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The Fourth Circuit Expands the Implied Certification Theory to Anti-Retaliation Claims

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On January 8, 2015, the Fourth Circuit determined that, amid a circuit split, the “implied certification” theory of liability under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) was viable in the Fourth Circuit. United States v. Triple...more

Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation

Texas Federal Court Dismisses FCA Claims As Insufficiently Pled

In U.S. ex rel. Williams v. McKesson Corp., No. 3:12-CV-0371-B (N.D. Tex. July 9, 2014), a Texas federal court recently dismissed a qui tam whistleblower suit by a former employee of McKesson, a Texas-based entity that...more

Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation

Third Circuit Adopts Less Demanding FCA Pleading Standard

Last week, the Third Circuit reversed a New Jersey district court’s decision to dismiss a False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam law suit, holding that the court applied an overly demanding pleading standard to relator Thomas...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Supreme Court Declines to Opine on Circuit Split Over Rule 9(b) Pleading Requirements for FCA Claims

On March 31, 2014, in U.S. ex rel. Nathan v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to review a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upholding a district...more

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