The False Claims Act (FCA) is here to stay. That is the collective message conveyed through a series of statements, memoranda ...

The legislation will protect public funds, empower whistleblowers, and bring Pennsylvania in line with the rest of the ...

The Trump administration recently announced the renewal of a new cross-agency collaboration between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the ...

Todd R. Overman and Scott Gallisdorfer of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC discuss enforcement efforts under the False Claims Act in light of the fact the U.S. government has turned to federal contractors ...

False claims Act whistleblowers filed 598 lawsuits in FY 2021, and the DOJ reported settlements and judgments exceeding $1.6 billion in cases filed this year and prior suits.

Most False Claims Act cases involve allegations that the defendant knowingly presented or caused to be presented a “false” or “fraudulent” claim for payment, or made or caused to be made a ...

1. Initial development of the False Claims Act. The False Claims Act, also known as the “Lincoln Law" after its primary proponent, President Abraham Lincoln, was initially developed during the Civil ...

Analysis False Claims Act Cases Poised To Jump Now and for Years to Come In this edition of his Insurance Fraud column, Evan H. Krinick writes that this year—and many years to come—undoubtedly ...

Top payouts to federal false claims whistleblowers in fiscal year 2014 In the last fiscal year, the federal government recovered a record $5.69 billion under the False Claims Act.

A compounding pharmacy in Amherst is in trouble with the law after hiring a third-party company to help get prescriptions approved by insurers, including Medicare, with many of them allegedly being ...

1. Initial development of the False Claims Act. The False Claims Act, also known as the “Lincoln Law' after its primary proponent, President Abraham Lincoln, was initially developed during the ...