On September 4, 2018, the Third Circuit revived a False Claims Act (FCA) suit against PharMerica Corporation that the District Court had dismissed based on the FCA’s public disclosure bar. ...more
A Texas appellate court recently affirmed a judgment against a healthcare consulting firm that claimed that its former employee had misappropriated its confidential information to use in a False Claims Act (“FCA”) lawsuit...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of a False Claims Act (FCA) case premised on protected health data breaches. In United States ex rel. Sheldon v. Kettering Health Network, the...more
On November 13, 2015, the Supreme Court of New York dismissed a former Vanguard Group tax attorney's New York False Claims Act whistleblower complaint against his former employer. The court held that the attorney violated New...more
In This Issue:
- Government demonstrates willingness to enforce Affordable Care Act provision that could cost providers millions of dollars
- Words can come back to haunt you: Boilerplate pleading could lead...more
In This Issue:
- Federal court unseals rare False Claims Act complaint against home mortgage servicer
- Qui tam relators target – and gain access to – internal investigation on ground that attorney-client...more