Category: Express Certification

District Court Grants Motion to Dismiss Relators’ Claims in One of the First Post-Escobar Decisions

The District Court for the Eastern District of Washington recently granted the defendants’ Motion to Dismiss relators’ claims in a consolidated False Claims Act lawsuit against Monaco Enterprises, Inc. (“MEI”). MEI provides security and fire detection products, installation, and services to a variety of customers, including the U.S. military. The lawsuit, brought by former employees of MEI, alleges that MEI fraudulently overbilled the government, charged...

Utah Court Dismisses False-Certification Case Alleging Submission of False Certificates of Conformance

On September 22, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah dismissed a qui tam complaint brought against Triumph Gear Systems, Inc. (“TGS”) and its parent company Triumph Group, Inc. (“Triumph”).   In an opinion issued by District Judge Dale A. Kimball, the Court found that the complaint failed at the “most basic level” to identify a single false claim submitted to the government....