FCA NOW https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html A Hefty Speaking Fee: Biogen Inc. Agrees to Settle False Claims Act Suit In Violation of Anti-Kickback Statute for $900 Million DOJ Doubles Down on Antidiscrimination FCA Claims, Identifies Problematic Practices Northern District of Texas Refuses to Enforce Purported Pre-Filing Qui Tam Claim Release on Public Policy Grounds Eleventh Circuit to Hear Argument on Article II Challenge to FCA Qui Tam Provisions in Zafirov The Eleventh Circuit Hears Oral Argument in Zafirov: The Case that Could Upend Qui Tam Litigation Eight Years Later: “Speculative” and “Straightforward” FCA Allegations Against Walmart Dismissed Judge Rejects FCA Settlement Deal: No Rubber Stamping and Bromides Won’t Do FCA Basics: Statute of Limitations and Timing-Related Defenses Healthcare Fraud Settlement Showcases Government’s Additional Focus on COVID-19-Related Fraud SCOTUS Denies Review of Dismissal at DOJ’s Request; Circuit Split Remains DOJ: Whistleblowers Filed Highest Number of FCA Cases Ever and Settlements and Judgments Exceeded $2.9 Billion in FY 2024 DOJ Announces First-In-The-Nation False Claims Act Settlement with PPP Lender DOJ Shows No Sign of Slowing Down Prosecution of Individuals Connected to FCA Cases No Claim Too Small: Contractor Settles FCA Claims for Failure to Return $14,000 of Reimbursed Equipment Third Circuit Confirms Expansion of Anti-Retaliation Standard Under the False Claims Act FCA Basics: Liability Theories Home-Health Services Company Settles After Allegations of Double-Billing Scheme FCA Basics Series: Introduction to the False Claims Act Enforcement Standards Tighten on Private Insurers: Sutter Health Settles for $90 Million Following Dispute With DOJ DOJ Announces More FCA Settlement Agreements Over PPP Fraud Latest PPP Fraud Settlement Showcases Civil and Criminal Penalties for Knowingly Submitting False Claims DOJ Intends to “Aggressively” Enforce the False Claims Act During Second Trump Administration SCOTUS to Address Government’s Authority to Dismiss FCA Cases Department of Justice Launches “Civil Rights Fraud Initiative” to Target DEI Through False Claims Act “Shotgun Pleadings” Ineffective for FCA Claims Massachusetts Follows Several Other States in Settling with Medicaid Managed Care Giant Supreme Court’s Recent Decision on FCA’s Scienter Standard Potentially Raises Threshold for Government to Establish “Reckless Disregard” DOJ Announces $2.8 Million Settlement with Construction Company Over SDVOSB Set Asides, Further Fallout From DOJ’s Settlement with TriMark USA Omnicare and CVS’s “Novel” Argument Fails to Defeat FCA Claims DOJ Announces First Settlement Under New Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative Fired Employee Alleges Employer Unlawfully Retaliated Against Him For Complaining of PPP Fraud FCA Basics: Elements of a Claim More DOJ Double-Dipping PPP Fraud News Ninth Circuit Permits 340B Program Enforcement Under the FCA FCA Basics: Qui Tam Lawsuits The Trump Administration’s Sweeping New Tariffs Heighten False Claims Act Risks for U.S. Importers DOJ Announces Settlement with Home-Health Services Company Over FCA Kickback and Overbilling Allegations DOJ Secures FCA Settlement with Health Services Companies False Claims Act Anti-Retaliation Claim Leveled at PPP Recipient False Claims Act Settlements and Judgments Near $3 Billion in 2023 DC Circuit Adopts Pro Tanto Rule for “Common Damages” in FCA Claims Involving Multiple Defendants FCA Basics: Government Investigations and Self-Disclosure A New Circuit Split: FCA Protects Former Employees from Post-Employment Retaliation in the Sixth District of New Jersey Rules Prescription Drug Events Tainted By Alleged Kickback Schemes Constitute False Claims Eighth Circuit Analyzes Scope of FCA Liability Under Anti-Kickback Statute False Claims Act Recoveries Top $6.8 Billion in Record FY 2025 Seventh Circuit Says Summary Judgment Stands: Evidence Does Not Support FCA Retaliation SuperValu: Relators’ SCOTUS Victory Turns Pyrrhic After Jury’s Defense Verdict and Denial of Post-Trial Motions Settlement Illustrates Continued Use of FCA to Combat PPP Fraud Supreme Court Declines to Weigh In on Latest Dispute Over Pleading Standard for Causes of Action Brought Under the False Claims Act