False Claims-Qui Tam
Read the breaking stories of fraud against government, federal programs and contracts, and about recent qui tam actions, government interventions and legislative developments.
U.S. settles whistleblower False Claims Act suit. Duke University to pay $112 million in fabricated research data case
Duke University reported in January that its scientists won $384.6 million last year from the National Institutes of Health, “ranking...
Supreme Court justices described as “skeptical” of limiting statute of limitations for False Claim Act
Members of the Supreme Court are skeptical of interpreting the statute of limitations in False Claims Acts cases in a...
Case before Supreme Court Tuesday will have a implications for qui tam whistleblowers
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on Tuesday in Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States, a case that...
GAO: Department of Defense is getting better at dealing with whistleblowers, but has some work to do.
The Department of Defense Inspector General (DOD IG) should coordinate with the military services to do a better job of...
For more than 150 years, the False Claims Act has been key to ferreting out fraud in US military and health care spending.
The False Claims Act (FCA) has long served as a powerful weapon against fraud and waste in government programs, from rancid...
Brief: Supreme Court needs to uphold False Claims Act statute of limitations as “clearly set forth in the law.”
When does the statute of limitations clock start running in a False Claims Act (FCA) case when the government declines...
A New Yorker story makes the case: Whistleblowers need protection against retaliation
Some might see whistleblowers as lucky lottery winners when their multimillion-dollar rewards come through. But, the title of the piece...
The Hill: AG nominee must clarify past comments on False Claims Act whistleblower provisions
While serving as Assistant Attorney General under the first President Bush, William Barr took aim at the whistleblower provisions of...
Attorney General nominee Barr commits to “diligently uphold” the False Claims Act
Attorney General nominee William Barr this morning committed to "diligently uphold" the False Claims Act during a Senate Judiciary Committee...
Does Attorney General nominee William Barr still think the False Claims Act is unconstitutional? Sen. Grassley needs to find out.
Is the False Claims Act an “abomination”? Are whistleblowers “bounty hunters”? That’s what Attorney General nominee William Barr said during...
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