U.S. ex rel. Stewart v. The Louisiana Clinic

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2002 WL 1066745 (E.D.La. Case No. Civ.A. 99-1767, May 28, 2002). The False Claims Act whistleblower attempted to identify fraudulent schemes with enough detail to meet Fed.R.Civ.P. Rule 9(b)’s requirement that all averments of fraud be plead “with particularity.” However, his complaint identified actions taken by “the defendants,” and did... Continue Reading →

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United States ex rel. Camillo v. Ancilla Systems, Inc.

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2005 WL 1926559 (S.D.Ill. Case No. 03 CV 0024 DRH, Aug. 8, 2005) Defendant Kenneth Hall Regional Hospital, Inc., moved to dismiss the whistleblower’s amended complaint, as it was not an original defendant. As a result, the government had never reviewed the claims against it and made an intervention decision,... Continue Reading →

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United States ex rel. Tucker v. Nayak

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2008 WL 907432, *2 (S.D.Ill. Case No. 06-CV-662-JPG, April 2, 2008) The FCA whistleblower moved to amend her complaint. The Defendant, Dr. Nayak, objected, arguing that amendment was futile as the amendment still failed to plead with the particularity required by Fed.R.Civ.P. 9(b). The Court, reviewing the proposed amended complaint,... Continue Reading →

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United States ex rel. Gross v. AIDS Research Alliance-Chicago

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415 F.3d 601 (7th Cir. 2005) The whistleblower alleged that the Defendants filed a myriad of different “forms, written reports and study results” during the course of a federally-subsidized study. He did not state when the documents were filed, did not specifically identify any of them, and did not allege... Continue Reading →

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A Twenty Year Statute of Limitations?

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Last month the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published proposed rules for reporting of overpayments. These proposed rules, if adopted and strictly interpreted, could effectively create a twenty-year statute of limitations under the False Claims Act.... Continue Reading →

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False Claims Act Update, January 2012

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January, 2012, saw two different examples of the Government using the False Claims Act to bring a gun to a knife fight. In the first case the gun won the day. In the second, it backfired. Both cases were brought in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and in both... Continue Reading →

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False Claims Act Update, December 2011

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What must a successful FCA defendant show to collect attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justic Act? Can an error by the government create an FCA violation by a defendant relying upon the government’s acts? Does Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. US ex rel. Stevens apply to FCA... Continue Reading →

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False Claims Act Update, November 2011

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Can an incompetent, and ultimately dismissed, False Claims Act Complaint bar a future complaint under the FCA’s “first to file rule?” The Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. answered the question for the first time on November 4, 2011. Can a settlement agreement between an employer and an employee force... Continue Reading →

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False Claims Act Update, October 2011

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A case based upon FOIA documents may be subject to the public disclosure bar. A difference of scientific judgment does not create the basis for an FCA suit. Whistleblowers who wish to dismiss their suits after the Government refuses intervention may not hide their identity from the defendants, even if... Continue Reading →

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