Sep 7, 2022 | False Claims Act
The Eleventh Circuit agreed with a Florida district court’s ruling that an employee needs “at least an objectively reasonable belief” that they engaged in protected conduct to recover for retaliation under the False Claims Act (FCA), and the FCA does not cover general...
Aug 24, 2022 | False Claims Act
The Department of Justice just announced that Universal Helicopters Inc. (UHI) and Dodge City Community College (DC3) have agreed to pay $7.5 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act (FCA). It was alleged that UHI and DC3 falsely certified...
Aug 8, 2022 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations
Biogen IDEC, Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical company, agreed to pay $900 million to resolve alleged violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and False Claims Act (FCA). The agreement was made days before the trial – which was...
Aug 3, 2022 | False Claims Act
On July 22, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a press release noting that Biotronik Inc. greed to pay $12.95 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute. The federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) and the...
Jul 26, 2022 | False Claims Act
Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. (“Aerojet”), an aerospace and defense company headquartered in California, agreed to pay $9 million to resolve allegations that it misrepresented its compliance with cybersecurity requirements in violation of the False Claims Act (“FCA”). This...
Jul 14, 2022 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations
This month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two separate False Claims Act (FCA) settlement against major U.S. airlines. On July 1, the DOJ announced that Air France and KLM had agreed to pay $3.9 Million to resolve allegations that they violated the FCA by...