January 22, 2025
In a brief farewell message from the Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reported more than $2.9 billion in federal False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments during fiscal year [...]
December 11, 2024
In another notable False Claims Act development, a Massachusetts federal district court recently held that, when the United States intervenes in a relator’s qui tam lawsuit under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) [...]
October 18, 2024
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 [...]
May 22, 2024
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 [...]
April 4, 2024
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 [...]