Whistleblower Law Blog

Today the Supreme Court issued a ruling on a key issue under the False Claims Act, i.e. whether the False Claims Act includes fraudulent claims made by subcontractors on a federal project or whether it only includes claims submitted directly to the federal government.  In Allison Engine v. Thacker, the Court held that a relator […]

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Last week, Medtronic agreed to pay $75 million to resolve allegations of Medicare fraud.  The suit, originally brought under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act, alleged that Kyphon, a Medtronic subsidiary, defrauded Medicare by improperly persuading hospitals to keep patients overnight for simple outpatient procedures to repair small fissures of the spine.   […]

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On May 13, 2008, the Sixth Circuit reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a False Claims Act (“FCA”) retaliation claim.  In the U.S. ex rel. Marlar v. BWXT Y-12, LLC, No. 07-6051 (6th Cir. May 13, 2008) opinion, the Sixth Circuit rejected the district court’s narrow interpretation of the scope of protected conduct under the […]

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On February 27, 2008, The Employment Law Group®  law firm achieved a victory for a whistleblower who suffered retaliation because he opposed fraud on the government that he believed would endanger the lives of U.S. troops in Iraq. In a memorandum opinion, in Glynn v. EDO et al., No. JFM 07-1660 (D.Md. Feb. 27, 2008), […]

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Today New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine signed into law the New Jersey False Claims Act, which is similar to the federal False Claims Act. New Jersey is the 17th state to adopt a False Claims Act. The New Jersey False Claims Act closes a loophole that the D.C. Circuit read into the federal False Claims […]

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According to data released by the Department of Justice this week, disclosures by qui tam relators have led to recoveries of $1.45 billion in fiscal year 2007. Approximately 75% of all recoveries in False Claims Act suits resulted from disclosures by qui tam relators. This highlights the importance of the qui tam provision […]

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