False Claims-Qui Tam

In a victory for the right of whistleblowers to seal, temporarily, their claims of fraud against the government, U.S. District Court Judge Liam O'Grady late yesterday dismissed a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), OMB Watch and...

U.S. District Judge Clay Land, of Athens, Georgia, issued an order yesterday compelling the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide their employee Madolyn Dominy for deposition in a whistleblower's scientific fraud case.   Madolyn Dominy was the EPA's Regional...

The U.S. Justice Department announced that it is suing First Choice Armor over its marketing of Zylon-based bullet-proof vests that the company knew would break down in heat or humidity. The suit follows disclosures by Dr. Aaron Westrick, a researcher...

New York City is inserting notices into 240,000 paychecks this week to encourage employees to report frauds against the City.  The notices inform City employees about the False Claims Act (FCA) which provides whistleblowers with a percentage of the government's...

Today the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals partially reversed the dismissal of a whistleblower's lawsuit under the False Claims Act.  In U.S. ex rel. Elms v. Accenture, LLP, No. 07-1361 (July 22, 2009), the court let stand the dismissal of...

The Long Island Business News published an article yesterday about the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 which improved the whistleblower protections of the False Claims Act (FCA).  Called, "Government Whistle Blowing Pays Off," the article invites those who...

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a decision against the Graham County (North Carolina) Soil & Water Conservation District for the second time. In its first trip, the District persuaded the Supreme Court that whistleblower Karen Wilson had...

We are happy to announce that President Obama signed the Fraud Enforcement And Recovery Act of 2009 yesterday.  The House and Senate passed the bill with overwhelming majorities and the bill presented to the President included the best of the...

Yesterday, I blogged about a pending multi-million dollar False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit agains Pharm giant Wyeth. Today's news brings another example of how the FCA can be used to bring gross misconduct to light. This case, involving a western...

The United States Government, along with the governments of 15 states and the District of Columbia, have joined with two whistleblowers who allege that drug manufacturer Wyeth bilked US taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of dollars. As reported in the...