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Relator’s Chutzpah Can’t Overcome Poorly Documented Filings, Lack of Qui Tam Success; United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit No. 19-14264, U.S. ex rel. Melissa D. Zediker v. OrthoGeorgia, et al.
Rushed Approval Process Does Not Render Medical Services Worthless; United States District Court for the Southern District of New York No. 19 Civ. 2501 (VM), U.S. ex rel. SW Challenger LLC, et al. v. eviCore Healthcare MSI LLC
Failure to Amend Complaint to Incorporate Actual Termination Fatal to Retaliation Claim; United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit No. 21-1140, Ali El-Khalil v. Detroit Medical Center, et al.
Fraud on the FDA Complaint Fails to Show Any Missing Clinical Data was Material to Approval of Medical Devices; United States District Court for the District of Minnesota No. 11-cv-2453 (JNE/TNL), U.S. ex rel. Steven Higgins v. Boston Scientific Corp.
Relator Adequately Alleged Defendants Conducted Unnecessary Eye Surgeries but Not that They Billed for Them; United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida No. 8:18-cv-639-CEH-JSS, Christopher C. Alexander v. Diana Heather Heath and Holiday Surgery Center LLP
New Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative Uses False Claims Act to Enforce Cybersecurity Requirements
Materiality at Issue When Alleged Noncompliance Did Not Increase Fixed-Rate Payments; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania No. 19-2192, U.S. ex rel. Juliet Mbabazi et al. v. Walgreen Co.
Plaintiff Failed to Explain Why Reasons for Termination Were Pretextual; United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Southern Division No. 2:19-CV-01269-AKK, U.S. ex rel. Heather Raney v. Amedisys Inc., et al.
Relators Successfully Add FCRA Violations to FCA Retaliation Claims: Court Says Invasion of Privacy Sufficient Harm; United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Aiken Division, No. 1:17-cv-01493-JMC, U.S. ex rel. Tanja Adams, et al. v. Remain at Home Senior Care LLC and Tim Collins
Nine-Month Gap Between Reporting and Termination Not Too Remote to Support Retaliation Claim; United States District Court for the Southern District of New York No. 20 Civ. 4379 (KPF), Sanayi Beckles-Canton v. Lutheran Social Services of New York Inc.
Alleging Multi-State Fraud Not Enough to Clear Public Disclosure Bar; United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit No. 20-1063, U.S. ex rel. Azam Rahimi v. Rite Aid Corporation
First Amendment No Bar to AKS; Statute Targets Conduct, Not Speech; United States District Court for the District of Maryland No. ELH-19-00410, U.S. v. Matthew Edward Blair
Raytheon Successfully Axes Retaliation Case; United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, No. 3:17-CV-1098-D, U.S. ex rel. Dana Johnson v. Raytheon Company
$4.5 Million Hangover: Defendant Who Regrets Not Engaging Counsel Denied Do-Over of FCA Settlement; United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina No. 3:17-CV-00037, United States ex rel. Taryn Hartnett and Dana Shoched v. Physicians Choice Laboratory Services, et al.
$400K for 2 Weeks Work: Court Awards Relator Significant Backpay Recovery; United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma No. 12-CV-605-TCK -CDL, U.S. ex rel. Nicole Olcott v. Southwest Home Health Care Inc. and Dr. Roger Lee Kinney
Court Dismisses Huntington Ingalls FCA Case: Relators Fail to Show Subcontractors’ Non-conforming Parts were Billed to Navy; United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida No. 3:14-cv-1256-TJC-PDB, U.S. ex rel. 84Partners LLC v. Huntington Ingalls Industries, et al.
Communications with Third-Party Auditor Not Covered by Privilege, Even When Government Requires the Audit; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division, No. 4:14-CV-00833, U.S. ex rel. Andrew Mitchell v. CIT Bank, et al.
District Court Says SCA Reporting Put Defendant on Notice of Potential FCA Lawsuit; United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Southern Division, No. 8:20-cv-03558-PWG, Samuel Mason v. Netcom Technologies Inc.
Earlier Qui Tam Complaint Didn’t Name Defendant, but Still Should Have Put Government on Notice of Alleged Conduct; United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Western Division, No. 1:20-cv-61, U.S. ex rel. Jimmy Allen, et al. v. The Good Samaritan Hospital of Cincinnati, Ohio
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