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Whistleblower Receives $203K Award as Public-Relations Firm Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit over PPP Loan
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Whistleblower awarded $1M as Drug-Testing Firm Pays $5.9M to Settle Kickback Allegations
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Adobe Pays $3M to Settle Whistleblower Lawsuits over Alleged Kickbacks involving Government Software Sales
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Government Recovers $9.5M in False Claims Act Lawsuits against For-Profit Schools over Post-9/11 GI Bill Funding
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Johnson & Johnson Subsidiary Pays $9.75M to Settle Qui Tam Whistleblower Lawsuit over Alleged Kickbacks
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Public College and Former Professor Pay $575K to Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit over Misuse of Federal Grant Funding for Vacations, Bonuses, Outside Research
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Samsung Unit Pays $1M to Resolve False Claims Act Whistleblower Lawsuit over Alleged Customs Fraud
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Government Contractor NortonLifelock Found Liable for Defrauding the GSA, Ordered to Pay $1.7M, in False Claims Act Lawsuit
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Vitamin Manufacturer Pays $22.8M to Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit over Evaded Customs Duties
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Laser Technology Firm Settles Allegations It Violated the False Claims Act by Improperly Using Foreign Subcontractors on Federally Funded Research Projects
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Apparel Wholesaler Pays $1.3M to Resolve Allegations it Undervalued Imports to Evade Customs Duties
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Ophthalmologist Pays $1.85M to Settle Allegations She Violated the False Claims Act by Fraudulently Billing Medicare for Unperformed, Medically Unnecessary Procedures
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Academy Mortgage Pays $38.5M to Resolve Whistleblower Allegations it Violated the False Claims Act by Falsely Certifying Compliance with FHA-HUD Underwriting Requirements
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Court Awards Whistleblowers $500K in Attorney’s Fees following False Claims Act Lawsuit relating to Defense Contractor’s Alleged Illegal use of Chinese-Sourced Materials in Tank Munitions
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Cardiac Monitoring Firms Pay $45M to Settle Whistleblower Allegations they Violated the False Claims Act by Submitting Ineligible Claims to Federal Healthcare Programs
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9th. Circuit Appeal Highlights False Claims Act Safeco Defense Controversy
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Electronic Health Records Firm ModMed Pays $45M to Settle Whistleblower Allegations it Violated the False Claims Act by Paying and Receiving Kickbacks in Connection with “Donated” EHR Software
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Importer Pays $3.25M to Resolve Whistleblower Allegations it Violated the False Claims Act by Skirting Section 301 Tariffs on Chinese Imports
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NY Nonprofit Pays $86K to Resolve Whistleblower Allegations it Violated the False Claims Act by Defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program
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Honeywell Int’l Pays $3.35M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations over “Defective” Zylon Bulletproof Vests Supplied to the U.S. Military
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Justice Dept. Alleges Health Insurer Cigna Violated the False Claims Act by Artificially Inflating the “Risk Scores” of its Medicare Advantage Members to Boost its Capitation Payments
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Florida Medical Group Pays $130K to Settle Allegations it Violated the False Claims Act by Accepting Kickbacks from Pharma Distributor Cardinal Health
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Milwaukee Advertising Agency BVK Pays $2.25M to Resolve Whistleblower Allegations it Fraudulently Obtained COVID-19 Relief Funds by Falsely Certifying its Eligibility
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Supplier of Military-Grade Firefighting Materials Settles False Claims Act Allegations it Sold the U.S. Government “Defective” Fire-Suppression Foam
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Philips Respironics Pays $26M to Settle False Claims Act Lawsuits over Alleged Kickbacks to DME Suppliers; Whistleblower Awarded $4.3M
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Biogen Settles False Claims Act Kickback Lawsuit for $900M; Qui Tam Relator Receives Record $250M Whistleblower Award
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Pharmaceutical Giant Bayer Pays $40M to Settle False Claims Act Whistleblower Lawsuits Over Three Drugs
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Helicopter Flight School and Community College Pay $7.5M to Settle False Claims Acts Whistleblower Lawsuit
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Medical Device Manufacturer Biotronik Pays $12.95M to Settle Qui Tam Whistleblower Lawsuit over Physician Kickbacks
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Defense Contractor Pays $9M to Settle False Claims Act Whistleblower Lawsuit Involving Cybersecurity Noncompliance
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Firm Wins $24M False Claims Act Judgment, $2.7M in Attorney’s Fees, against Corporate Rival over Evasion of Anti-Dumping Duties on Chinese Imports
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Opportunity Beckons for Cryptocurrency Tax-Fraud Whistleblowers
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California Companies Affiliated with Chinese Billionaire “Uncle Liu” Found Guilty of Fraudulent Scheme to Dodge U.S. Customs Duties on Aluminum Imports, Ordered to Pay $1.8B in Restitution
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Qui Tam Relators Stand to Receive Significant Whistleblower Rewards as Electronic Health Records Firm Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit for $18.25M
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Qui Tam Relator Receives $4.6 Million Whistleblower Reward as Boeing Subsidiary Pays $25 Million to Settle False Claims Act Lawsuit over Inflated Costs of Drone Parts
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Eleventh Circuit Takes Broad View of Escobar’s Materiality Requirement, Reviving $240 Million Qui Tam Whistleblower Lawsuit Involving Unallowable Fees Included in VA Mortgage Loan Guarantees
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Falsely Certifying Eligibility to Participate in Government Programs can Give Rise to Liability under the False Claims Act Post-Escobar, Court of Appeals Holds
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Supreme Court of Illinois Upholds Qui Tam Whistleblower Provisions of State Insurance Claims Fraud Prevention Act
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The Shield of Qualified Immunity is Unavailable as a Defense under the False Claims Act, Appellate Court Holds
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Qui Tam Whistleblower Awarded $3.7 Million as U.S. Settles with German Engineering Firm for Ducking Customs Import Duties
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Financial Institutions can be Sued under the Whistleblower Provisions of the False Claims Act for Defrauding the Federal Reserve
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Whistleblowers Share $1.48 Million Reward as Importer of Brake Pads Settles Customs Fraud Lawsuit for $8 Million
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Federal Contractor CDM Smith Pays $5.6 Million to Resolve Whistleblower Claims under the False Claims Act Arising out of Scheme to Overcharge Navy
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Appellate Court Approves Whistleblower’s use of Third-Party Litigation Funder, Affirms $255 Million Verdict against Skilled Nursing Facilities for Medicare Fraud
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Whistleblower Awarded 22% of Recovery as U.S. Settles with Importer for Fraudulently Underpaying Customs Duties on Diamond Jewelry
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Qui Tam Whistleblowers, Government Target Downstream Parties over Suppliers’ Import Duty Evasion
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Third Circuit Rejects Eleventh Circuit’s “Objective Falsehood” Requirement under the False Claims Act, Rules that Clinical Medical Judgments Can be Considered “False”
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Courts of Appeal Clarify: Class Representatives from Every State Are Not Necessarily Required for Multistate Class Actions
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When an Overly-Influenced Federal Agency Sides with the Accused under the False Claims Act: Whistleblower Claims, Materiality and “Regulatory Capture” in the Trinity Industries Appeal
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