False Claims Act

In a one-of-a-kind decision that flies in the face of decades of precedent, a Florida federal district court recently held that the False Claims Act’s ("FCA") qui tam provisions are unconstitutional as [...]

DOJ has again signaled it remains focused on investigating health care fraud and false claims throughout the country. The latest major, coordinated enforcement action underscores that federal grantees must not only be [...]

Health Care Providers That Submitted Reimbursements to HRSA’s UIP for Testing or Vaccines Should Be Aware of Growing Risk of FCA Lawsuits Health care providers that submitted pandemic-era reimbursement claims to the [...]

Disclosure Requirements Remain Focus of NIH Federal funding agencies continue to emphasize the importance of researchers—and research institutions—disclosing all foreign funding and ties in federal grant applications. On May 17, the Cleveland [...]

Twelve-Year Litigation Put to Bed The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) paid $38 million to settle a whistleblower-initiated—aka “qui tam”—False Claims Act (FCA) suit earlier this month, ending more than a [...]

As the Department of Justice (DOJ) made clear when it announced its False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement priorities for 2024 earlier this year, it intends to actively investigate and seek recoveries for [...]

For a nuclear plant contractor, the submission of false timekeeping entries over a six-year period proved to be far more serious than a simple documentation issue. On Tuesday April 23, the U.S. [...]

Feldesman Partners Rosie Dawn Griffin and Mindy B. Pava will present during the Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI) Virtual Research Administration Conference this Spring.   Their session, “Year 2024 Expected Enforcement Priorities: [...]

Pandemic-related fraud and false claims remain a high priority for the Department of Justice (DOJ). Despite low recoveries in federal fiscal year 2023 in the area of COVID-19 related fraud, DOJ is [...]

A rarely-used – but important – False Claims Act (FCA) provision recently turned the typical attorneys’ fees repayment award on its head, when a Mississippi federal judge used the statutory authority to [...]