On May 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Kellog Brown & Root Service, Inv. et al. v. United States ex rel. Carter, 575 U.S. ____ (2015), Case No. 12-1497. Most of the commentary on the case centers around the Court’s decision on the Wartime Suspension... Continue Reading →Tags: bar, Brown, Carter, False Claims Act, FCA, first to file, Kellogg, original source, prejudice, public disclosure, qui tam, Root, settlement, whistleblower
A lawsuit brought under the False Claims Act by a whistleblower was dismissed with prejudice by the Federal Court in Mobile, Alabama. The Court found that the whistleblower’s claims failed for two different reasons. First, he only made general allegations and could not point to a single actual claim that was improperly submitted... Continue Reading →Tags: alabama, dismissed, False Claims Act, materiality, prejudice, qui tam, relator, whistleblower