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Seventh Circuit: E-Rate Suit Survives Public Disclosure Bar

[07/29/14]

Posted on July 29, 2014 in False Claims Act Defense

Written by: Drew B. Howk

The Seventh Circuit reversed a district court’s decision finding that it lacked jurisdiction over a whistleblower’s claim under the False Claim Act’s public disclosure bar. In U.S. ex rel. Heath v. Wisconsin Bell, Inc., the Court held that even though the Complaint relied in part upon publicly available information, the Relator’s allegations rested upon... READ MORE

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