The Federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) provides a very strong enforcement tool to the federal government. The FCA also provides the opportunity for whistleblowers to bring “qui tam” cases ...

The False Claims Act says someone who knowingly submits a false claim to the government can be held liable for triple damages ...

Every concerning claim does not — and should not — automatically translate into a false claim. By George B. Breen & By Chloe T. Hillard | May 23, 2023 at 10:20 AM ...

U.S. President Joe Biden discusses the Biden administration economic policies during a visit to the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., December 20, 2023.

The False Claims Act (FCA) is one of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) most powerful civil and criminal enforcement statutes. Also one of the oldest, it originated more than 150 years ago ...

Under the False Claims Act, ... Younger involves a very basic issue of how to preserve a legal issue for appeal — here, whether a prison official appealing a jury verdict against him can raise a ...

The False Claims Act was mostly dormant for years, until a rash of defense contractor fraud in the 1980s encouraged Congress, led by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ...

To much of the rooting US public, the False Claims Act is heroic legislation that guards the “little guy” against big, bad corporations. MCKNIGHT’S LONG-TERM CARE NEWS MCKNIGHT’S SENIOR LIVING ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23-- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024:. Settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act exceeded $2.68 billion in the fiscal ...

The False Claims Act will be enforced “when a federal contractor or recipient of federal funds knowingly violates civil rights laws,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche says in a memo.

But the Trump administration’s use of the False Claims Act is part of a broader effort to pressure Harvard, the nation’s oldest, wealthiest university, to overhaul its admissions, curriculum ...