Takeaways:
On February 8, 2024, the US Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC, No. 22-660 (U.S. 2024) restoring a $900K jury verdict in favor of a whistleblower under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) related to publicly-traded businesses and their financial reporting.
Medicare Advantage Organizations have come under increased fire as their parent companies continue to acquire more healthcare practices across the country. Experts suggest that this vertical integration has led to inflated Medicare spending, with providers facing new pressure to diagnosis chronic conditions that fetch more money for Medicare Advantage plans.
Marc Raspanti and Pamela Coyle Brecht‘s presentation “A Practitioner’s Guide to American Whistleblower Programs” is now available through World Online Lawyers With Excellent Practice (WOLEP). Mr. Raspanti and Ms. Brecht spoke to to WOLEP, an international network lawyers about the complexities of whistleblowing law,
After a rare False Claims Act (FCA) trial, a St. Paul federal jury has returned a verdict for the government in United States, ex rel. Kipp Fesenmaier v. Cameron-Ehlen Group, Inc., No. 0:13-cv-03003 (D. Minn.).
The jury found that ophthalmic products supplier, Cameron-Ehlen Group, Inc.,
On November 30, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit revived a quality control manager’s FCA retaliation claim in United States ex rel. Ascolese v. Shoemaker Constr. Co., — F.4th —, 2022 WL 17335121 (3d Cir. 2022).
The Third Circuit’s precedential opinion addressed for the first time how Congress’s 2009 and 2010 amendments affect the False Claims Act’s retaliation standard.
Takeaway: The Eastern District of New York rules that the tax code gives relator’s counsel superpriority to False Claims settlement proceeds.
On Wednesday, November 9th, the Eastern District of New York ruled that fees owed to relator’s counsel must be paid before the relator’s tax lien,
Takeaway: 6th Circuit provided a path forward for a common defense contracting fraud allegation.
In United States ex rel. USN4U, LLC v. Wolf Creek Federal Services[1] the 6th Circuit overturned the lower courts dismissal of a qui tam complaint that alleged a NASA contractor knowingly inflated the prices of its labor costs in Cost Estimates for fixed price contracts.
Takeaways:
In Insinga v. Commissioner of Internal Rev. Service, 9011-13W, 2021 WL 4983084 (U.S. Tax Ct. Oct. 27, 2021), the United States Tax Court recently tackled an issue of first impression: whether an IRS whistleblower’s claim may survive death such that the claim may be pursued by his or her estate in the U.S.
If you are aware of any person, corporation or entity that you think may be violating the Federal False Claims Act or a State False Claims Act, contact us today.