False Claims-Qui Tam

A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) inquiry made on behalf of Whistleblower Network News (WNN) has revealed the shortcomings of the whistleblower protections in the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (FIRREA). Documents released by the U.S. Department of...

According to a January 14 press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), $2.2 billion was recovered through False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgements in the 2020 fiscal year. More than two-thirds of that total ($1.6 billion) came...

Insitu Inc. (Insitu), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has agreed to pay $25 million to settle whistleblower claims that they knowingly misrepresented the costs of building and operating Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) under contracts with several branches...

On December 18, Texas Heart Hospital of the Southwest LLP and its subsidiary THHBP Management Company, LLC (collectively THH) agreed to pay a settlement of $48 million to the U.S. government for knowingly submitting false claims through the Medicare program...

On December 4, a federal judge unsealed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that Sullivan Land Services Co. (SLSC) and its subsidiary, Ultimate Concrete (UC), submitted false claims to the government about the costs of constructing the Mexican/American border wall and hired...

A whistleblower complaint against an office furniture company and its parent company has resulted in a settlement of $7.1 million. According to a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) press release, Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Co. and Workrite Ergonomics LLC (collectively...

A Sarasota, Florida home health care agency, Doctor’s Choice Home Care, Inc., has agreed to pay $5.8 million to resolve whistleblower claims that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA). The whistleblowers, all former employees of Doctor’s Choice, claim that...

A D.C. District Court Judge issued an November 6 ruling on a key False Claims Act (FCA) whistleblower case that may have repercussions for years to come. Judge Royce C. Lamberth ruled in the case of United States ex rel....

A whistleblower lawsuit filed against a prominent Washington state health care provider, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (formerly known as Group Health Cooperative, or GHC) was settled on November 16. GHC agreed to pay the government a total of $6.3 million...

On September 22 the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington announced that a group of major government energy and construction contractors have agreed to pay the government a total of $57,750,000 to settle allegations that the...