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19 01 '22

11th Circuit Holds Eighth Amendment Applies to FCA Monetary Awards in Non-Intervened Cases

January 19, 2022/in 11th Circuit, Constitutionality, Damages, Penalties/by Scott D. Stein

The Eleventh Circuit recently held that the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on excessive fines applies to monetary awards in non-intervened FCA actions—the first federal court of appeals directly to address the […]

15 12 '21

DOJ Announces Increased Inflation-Adjusted False Claims Act Penalties

December 15, 2021/in Enforcement, Legislation, Penalties/by Scott D. Stein

The 2015 Balanced Budget Act (BBA) requires that federal agencies make inflationary adjustments to civil monetary penalties on a yearly basis to account for inflation using calculations based on the […]