The Third Circuit Court of Appeals¹ became the third federal appeals court in one week to issue an opinion regarding the False Claims Act’s Public Disclosure Bar.²... Continue Reading →Tags: Delaware, Express Scripts, Fifth Circuit, Morgan, New Jersey, original source, Pennsylvania, public disclosure bar, sixth Circuit, Third Circuit
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 →Tags: 2011, AARS, Batiste, Cancio, CDC, Chicago, Compass Medical, D.C., dialysis, District of Columbia, False Claims Act, FCA, Foglia, fraud in the inducement, Glynn, Massachusetts, New Jersey, November, Ohio, qui tam, relator, Renal Ventures, Ruble, Scott, seal, settlement agreement, Skidmore, SLM Corporation, Tampa, whistleblower, Wildhirt