May 22, 2025 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Government Contract, Government Investigations, White Collar Crime
On May 22, 2025, the Department of Justice announced that Utah-based defense contractor L3 Technologies had agreed to pay $62 million to resolve allegations that one of its subsidiaries violated the False Claims Act (FCA), as well as the Truth in Negotiations Act, by...
May 20, 2025 | False Claims Act, Government Contract, Government Investigations
The federal False Claims Act (FCA) has been used since the Civil War to punish government contractors who submit false or fraudulent claims for payment to government agencies. The typical FCA case involves a physician submitting false claims for reimbursement to...
May 19, 2025 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
On May 16, 2025, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced that it had reached a False Claims Act (FCA) settlement with Florida-based ophthalmology practice Gulfcoast Eye Care. The government alleged that Gulfcoast...
May 19, 2025 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
On May 16, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York announced that Buffalo-based Catholic Health System (CHS) agreed to pay $3.3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA). According to local news...
May 11, 2025 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
On May 9, 2025, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that pharmaceutical manufacturer Assertio Therapeutics had agreed to pay $3.6 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by causing the submission of false claims...
May 8, 2025 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
Earlier this year, Chilivis Grubman founding partner Scott Grubman wrote an article for the Georgia State Bar Health Law Section’s Newsletter, wherein he discussed the continued fight over the constitutionality of the False Claims Act’s (FCA) qui tam (or...
