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Eleventh Circuit Rules in Favor of Qui Tam Whistleblower, Extending Statute of Limitations to Bring FCA Claim
Nearly all types of civil lawsuits contain a statute of limitations, meaning the period of time in which a plaintiff must bring the action for a court to be able to hear it. The False Claims Act (FCA) is no different in this respect, but what is unusual about the FCA...
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Can I File an FCA Claim if One Has Already Been Filed?
One of the key considerations a plaintiff contemplating bringing a False Claims Act (FCA) claim faces is acting quickly to meet the FCA “first-to-file” rule. Under this rule included in the federal statute allowing for FCA claims, once an FCA claim is filed, “no...
Who Should You Report Government-Related Fraud to in the Workplace?
American taxpayers are ripped off by private parties who commit fraud to the tune of many billions of dollars a year by all kinds of parties: contractors who provide services to the government with inflated costs; Medicare/Medicaid providers who inflate or falsify...
Can a Patient Win a Whistleblowing Reward for Medicare/Medicaid Fraud? Absolutely.
Despite years of cracking down on Medicare and Medicaid fraud by the federal government, such fraud continues to proliferate. Given the massive size of the Medicare/Medicaid programs and their often decentralized operational systems - which work through a variety of...
3 Reasons Successful Taxpayer Fraud Creates More Fraud
We all know that people, organizations, and businesses cheat on their taxes. Certainly, this does not mean everyone does it, nor does it make it okay. But it can be easy to believe that taxpayer fraud is simply a fact of life and that it is not worthwhile to take...
Federal Jury Awards $115 Million in FCA Case Without Government Intervention
In most False Claims Act (FCA) cases, the decision by the federal government not to intervene in the manner generally means the plaintiffs will face a steep, uphill battle, but a recent case brought by a nurse in Tampa shows that whistleblowers can nevertheless reap...
