Mar 4, 2021 | False Claims Act
A young woman in Austin, Texas sends a letter home to her mother in the U.K. A man mails a package to his family in Colombia. A small business owner ships a product to an online customer in South Korea. They all used the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) to...
Feb 23, 2021 | False Claims Act
The False Claims Act (“FCA”) remains a powerful enforcement tool for the government. As CG attorneys previously reported, the federal government secured over $2.2 billion in settlements and judgments from FCA cases brought against companies and individuals in 2020...
Feb 16, 2021 | False Claims Act
In a decision last month, the Eleventh Circuit brought clarity to one of the requirements an employee must fulfill in order to bring a retaliation claim under the False Claims Act (“FCA”). Specifically, the court found that simply because an employee sincerely...
Feb 12, 2021 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations, Health Care
The Department of Justice recently announced that Athenahealth, Inc. (Athena), an electronic health record (“EHR”) vendor, has agreed to pay $18.25 million to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act (“FCA”). Athena allegedly implemented various marketing...
Feb 9, 2021 | False Claims Act
On November 6, 2020, U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh granted defendants’ motions to dismiss a False Claims Act (“FCA”) lawsuit based, in part, on the public disclosure bar, holding that the information available and acquired through a Freedom of Information Act...
Feb 4, 2021 | False Claims Act
On January 7, 2021, President Biden announced that Merrick Garland would be his nominee to serve as Attorney General. As the Senate inches closer to confirmation hearings, many are scrutinizing Garland’s past record as a prosecutor and judge to determine what...
