[03/24/25]
Posted on March 24, 2025 in False Claims Act Defense, Litigation Analysis
Published by: Hall Render
In United States ex rel. O’Connor v. USCC Wireless Investment, Inc., relators filed a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (“FCA”). On February 11, 2025, the D.C. Court of Appeals (the “Court”) affirmed a district court’s ruling that (1) a previous lawsuit had raised substantially the same allegations, triggering the FCA’s public... READ MORE
Tags: False Claims Act, FCA, fraud, public disclosure bar, qui tam
[03/03/15]
Posted on March 3, 2015 in False Claims Act Defense
Published by: Hall Render
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals¹ became the third federal appeals court in one week to issue an opinion regarding the False Claims Act’s Public Disclosure Bar.² In a non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a pharmacist’s allegations finding the allegations were based on public information for which the Relator was... READ MORE
Tags: Delaware, Express Scripts, Fifth Circuit, Morgan, New Jersey, original source, Pennsylvania, public disclosure bar, sixth Circuit, Third Circuit
[03/02/15]
Posted on March 2, 2015 in Health Law News
Written by: Drew B. Howk
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals¹ became the third federal appeals court in one week to issue an opinion regarding the False Claims Act’s Public Disclosure Bar.² In a non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a pharmacist’s allegations finding the allegations were based on public information for which the Relator was not... READ MORE
Tags: Case Analysis, Fifth Circuit, New Jersey, original source, Pennsylvania, public disclosure bar, sixth Circuit, Third Circuit
[06/28/14]
Posted on June 28, 2014 in False Claims Act Defense
Written by: Drew B. Howk
The Eighth Circuit affirmed that a Missouri regulatory commission’s publication of hearing testimony was “news media” sufficient to trigger the False Claims Act’s public disclosure bar. The False Claims Act includes a provision that bars FCA actions by qui tam relators if the subject matter of the action has been sufficiently disclosed by a... READ MORE
Tags: Eighth Circuit, government contract, Missouri, news media, public disclosure bar