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DC Circuit Narrowly Interprets False Claims Act’s “Government-Action Bar”

May 19, 2022

D. Jacques Smith, Michael F. Dearington

On May 17, 2022, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit issued an opinion in a False Claims Act suit, narrowly interpreting the so-called “government-action bar.” The government-action bar, 31 USC § 3730(e)(3), forecloses qui tam suits.

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Federal Contractors Beware: Firm-Fixed-Price Contract Negotiations & FCA Liability

May 18, 2022

D. Jacques Smith, Michael F. Dearington, Kevin R. Pinkney

Federal Contractors Beware: Sixth Circuit Recognizes False Claims Act Exposure Based on Allegedly Inflated Labor Cost Estimates Leading To Firm-Fixed-Price Contract.

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DOJ and SEC Bring Charges Against Executive in Alleged $62 Million Global Crypto Investment Fraud Scheme

May 13, 2022

D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Mattie Bowden

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Hearing Aid Company Agrees To Pay $34.37 Million To Settle Claims That It Submitted False Claims to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program

May 6, 2022

D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Nadia Patel

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Archegos Executives Charged With Conspiring To Defraud Banks Out of Billions

April 29, 2022

D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Nadia Patel, Apeksha Vora

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DOJ Brings Charges Against 21 People in $150 Million COVID-19 Fraud Action

April 22, 2022

D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Mohammed T. Farooqui, Apeksha Vora

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Physician Partners of America Agrees To Pay $24.5 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

April 15, 2022

D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Mohammed T. Farooqui, Laura Zell

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Prosecutors Target Fake COVID-19 Immunization and Vaccination Cards

April 8, 2022

D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Elizabeth Satarov, Laura Zell

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California Man Convicted in $27 Million PPP Fraud Scheme

April 1, 2022

D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Mohammed T. Farooqui, Rebecca W. Foreman

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Four Indicted for $16 Million Money Laundering Scheme

March 25, 2022

D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Mattie Bowden, Rebecca W. Foreman

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DOJ and Treasury Announce Multilateral Russian Oligarch Task Force Called “REPO”

March 18, 2022

D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Mattie Bowden

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DOJ Civil Cyber-fraud Initiative Obtains First Settlement

March 11, 2022

D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Nadia Patel

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DOJ Continues To Prosecute PPP Fraud

March 4, 2022

D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Nadia Patel, Apeksha Vora

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DOJ Attorneys Comment on the Rise of Telehealth Fraud During the COVID-19 Pandemic

February 25, 2022

D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Mohammed T. Farooqui, Apeksha Vora

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DOJ Releases Highly Anticipated 2021 Fraud Report

February 18, 2022

D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Mohammed T. Farooqui, Apeksha Vora, Laura Zell

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Millennial Couple Faces Twenty Years in Prison for Largest DOJ Bitcoin Seizure in History

February 11, 2022

D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Elizabeth Satarov

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DOJ Secures $5.6 Billion in False Claims Act Recoveries in Fiscal Year 2021

February 4, 2022

D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Rebecca W. Foreman, Elizabeth Satarov

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DOJ Notches Key Win for Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative: Court Holds That Cyber Security Compliance May Be Material Under the False Claims Act

February 2, 2022

D. Jacques Smith, Michael F. Dearington

On February 1, 2022, a federal court in California issued the first major ruling in a False Claims Act case testing the Department of Justice’s newly minted Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative, notching a win for the government. In United States ex rel. Markus v. Aerojet RocketDyne Holdings, Inc.

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4th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of FCA Medicaid Suit Against Allergan

January 28, 2022

D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Rebecca W. Foreman, Mattie Bowden

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Lab Owner Pleads Guilty to $6.9 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme Involving Kickbacks and Bribery

January 21, 2022

D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Mattie Bowden, Michael F. Dearington

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Sixth Circuit Rules That Statute of Limitations for FCA Retaliation Claims Is Triggered by Decision To Terminate, Not Notice of Termination