Court Rejects “Tenuous” Connection Between FDCA Regulatory Violations and Claims for Payment
Recently, a district court in the Southern District of Florida dismissed with prejudice a qui tam complaint premised on the alleged sale of products adulterated and misbranded under the Food […]
Latest DOJ COVID Crackdown Features Another Defendant Accused of Abusing Telehealth Waivers
With its latest announcement this week of a criminal crackdown of 21 defendants for their alleged participation in various health care related fraud schemes, DOJ has underscored its commitment to […]
DOJ Settles FCA Case Alleging Medically Unnecessary Telehealth Visits, Claws Back PPP Money
This week DOJ announced one of the first civil settlements under the FCA involving abuse of the pandemic flexibilities that the Department of Health and Human Services used to authorize […]
11th Circuit Holds Eighth Amendment Applies to FCA Monetary Awards in Non-Intervened Cases
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 […]
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Sidley’s FCA Practice The False Claims Act (FCA) is a key government civil enforcement tool that has been employed to target a broad spectrum of alleged frauds against the public fisc. […]
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