false claims act

• Court overturns $11 million False Claims Act award in Medicare case

  By Ashley Post  |  May 22, 2013

  A recent 6th Circuit decision could help suppress certain False Claims Act (FCA) cases in the health care industry.

• Litigation: To the tune of $3 billion, whistleblower claims are on the rise

  By Jonathan S. Sack, Ester Murdukhayeva  |  May 16, 2013

  At one time whistleblowers were relatively rare and isolated, and the law did not grant them much protection.

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  U.S. government sues Lance Armstrong over doping scandal

  By Julie Beck  |  April 24, 2013

  If you thought the shame of Lance Armstrong’s doping scandal had finally blown away with the sands of time, you would be wrong.

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  Judge dismisses $30 million whistleblower suit against Huron

  By Alanna Byrne  |  March 6, 2013

  Huron Consulting Group may be guilty of “bad practice,” but it didn’t help to defraud Medicare and Medicaid out of millions of dollars, according to U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff, who dismissed a whistleblower suit against the company on Tuesday.

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  Judge outlines tough standards in False Claims Act case

  By Melissa Maleske  |  February 26, 2013

  Case underscores the do's and don'ts of protecting privilege

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  Record $5 billion in False Claims Act penalties issued this year

  December 5, 2012

  The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that the False Claims Act reached a record $5 billion in penalties in the federal fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30.

• Technology: Abbott’s $1.6 billion global settlement illustrates government’s commitment to health care fraud enforcement

  By Jesse Witten  |  June 22, 2012

  Last month, the government obtained one of the largest settlements ever in a health care fraud matter, as Abbott Laboratories agreed to pay $1.6 billion to settle allegations that it unlawfully marketed its drug, Depakote.

• Litigation: 25th anniversary of the False Claims Act brings record number of actions

  By Matthew Walsh  |  April 5, 2012

  This past January, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) celebrated the 25th anniversary of the 1986 Amendments to the False Claims Act (FCA). The DOJ used this time to tout its use of the FCA in recovering more than $30 billion, and to describe its future enforcement efforts.

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  Regulatory: DOJ & HHS tout $4.1 billion in recoveries in 2011

  By Lisa Noller  |  March 7, 2012

  On Feb. 14, 2011, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sent Valentine’s Day greetings by announcing that in fiscal year 2011, the agencies recovered approximately $4.1 billion from joint enforcement efforts.

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  Regulatory: Sallie Mae case lowers Rule 9(b) standards

  By Lisa Noller  |  February 22, 2012

  On Nov. 4, 2011, the D. C. Circuit decided United States ex rel. Batiste v. SLM Corp., 659 F.3d 1204 (D.C. Cir. 2011), holding for the first time that a previously filed complaint need not meet the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b) to bar a similar, later-filed...