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2 Nov 2021, 12:49 pm
As the Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog noted in its post about this ruling, the underlying claim does provide “another example of different claims that can come out of the pandemic and other adverse events,” noting in particular that D&O policies “may be implicated for future pandemic-related losses for government investigation, insolvency-related claims by creditors, trustees, and other company stakeholders involved in bankruptcy, False Claims Act and qui… [read post]
11 Aug 2009, 2:57 pm
" (Pfizer's newly filed brief says that Danforth was unaware Franklin was represented by counsel because the qui tam case ended years ago.)In an interview with the Litigation Daily almost two weeks after the incident, Franklin still sounded upset by Pfizer's actions. [read post]
3 Sep 2013, 2:46 pm
Perhaps in future posts, I can provide some good examples, on condition that any qui tam relators share their bounty with me. [read post]
26 Sep 2022, 7:33 am
Winston & Strawn prides itself in defending corporations and White-Collar criminals in “whistleblower and qui tam” cases: “We defend companies and individuals in SEC enforcement and regulatory matters related to allegations involving securities fraud, insider trading, financial disclosure failures, and market manipulation. [read post]
23 May 2016, 10:18 am
It may not be possible to identify every investigation that has been launched against a target, but it is important to know those of which the target has knowledge, including those self-investigations that may have originated with a hotline call or the complaint of a disgruntled employee, who could later surface as a qui tam relator, bringing a False Claims Act case against the target in the Government’s name. [read post]
25 Mar 2014, 3:43 pm
Background In June 2007, plaintiff-relator Henry Barko, a former contract administrator for KBR in Iraq, filed a qui tam False Claims Act (“FCA”) lawsuit against Halliburton and its former subsidiary KBR. [read post]
4 Apr 2019, 1:57 pm
The cases apparently arose from government investigations, and not qui tam whistleblower lawsuits. [read post]
15 Jul 2010, 12:44 pm
Recognizing that robust whistleblower protection is critical to preventing another financial crisis, Congress included in the Dodd-Frank financial services reform bill (H.R. 4173) numerous provisions designed to encourage whistleblowing and to provide robust protection from retaliation. [read post]
4 Aug 2015, 12:49 pm
Qui tam actions and cases based on state and local false claims acts have also grown drastically. [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 5:12 am
Traditional Government contractors are familiar with the rigorous oversight to which they have been customarily subjected by federal instrumentalities such as the Defense Contract Audit Agency, the Inspectors General, the Government Accountability Office, the Department of Justice and, of course, the armies of potential whistleblowers who are continually encouraged by the prospect of a hefty “finder’s fee” for bringing contractors to the bar of… [read post]
21 Mar 2011, 3:06 am
(Patents Post Grant Blog) District Court N D Ohio: Qui Tam provisions of false marking statute are unconstitutional even if considered civil or civil-criminal hybrid: Unique Product Solutions, Limited v. [read post]
25 Oct 2020, 9:07 pm
Indeed, most gains in enforcement have occurred after private suits against the federal government and public housing authorities—including most recently the qui tam lawsuit against Westchester County, New York for fraudulently certifying that it was meeting AFFH’s regulatory and statutory requirements. [read post]
22 Jul 2010, 5:25 am
The Zafarana decision is an important reminder that just because a manufacturer may settle a qui tam claim with the government, that does not automatically mean that the manufacturer should be subject to civil liability in a class action. [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 11:13 am
Traditional Government contractors are familiar with the rigorous oversight to which they have been customarily subjected by federal instrumentalities such as the Defense Contract Audit Agency, the Inspectors General, the Government Accountability Office, the Department of Justice and, of course, the armies of potential whistleblowers who are continually encouraged by the prospect of a hefty “finder’s fee” for bringing contractors to the bar of… [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 5:48 am
§ 292 will eliminate qui tam actions for false marking suits. [read post]
26 Feb 2025, 6:34 am
Zorn 24-549Issues: (1) Whether the False Claims Act’s statutory civil penalty must be limited to a single-digit multiplier of the actual damages under the Eighth Amendment, in a non-intervened qui tam action; and (2) whether the Act’s prohibition on presenting “false or fraudulent” claims to the government for payment provides two distinct manners of establishing liability, such that a finding of fraudulent claim submissions obviates a finding of… [read post]
14 Jul 2017, 9:09 am
Nothing in the characteristics of a PAGA suit, essentially a qui tam action filed on behalf of the state to assist it with labor law enforcement, affords a basis for restricting discovery more narrowly. [read post]
28 Feb 2025, 9:10 am
Watts’ article To Tell the Truth: A Qui Tam Action for Perjury in Civil Proceeding is Necessary to Protect the Integrity of the Civil Judicial System is cited in the following article: Doron Menashe & Guy Alon, Do Lies Matter? [read post]
8 Jul 2010, 3:58 am
An internal audit and a state agency report were “public disclosures” of wrongdoing under the False Claims Act’s public disclosure bar, which prohibits individual qui tam actions if the alleged fraud has already been disclosed by certain administrative reports, audits or investigations, the Supreme Court held, overruling the Fourth Circuit’s holding that only federal administrative reports may trigger the FCA’s public disclosure bar. [read post]
22 Jan 2025, 11:37 am
As expected, all but three of the Top-10 recoveries were originated by whistleblowers under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. [read post]
