[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federal appeals court in one week to issue an opinion regarding the False Claims Act’s Public Disclosure Bar.² In a non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a pharmacist’s allegations finding the allegations were based on public information for which the Relator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federal appeals court in one week to issue an opinion regarding the False Claims Act’s Public Disclosure Bar.² In a non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a pharmacist’s allegations finding the allegations were based on public information for which the Relator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
[12/05/11]
Posted on December 5, 2011 in False Claims Act Defense
Written by: David B. Honig
Can an incompetent, and ultimately dismissed, False Claims Act Complaint bar a future complaint under the FCA’s “first to file rule?” The Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. answered the question for the first time on November 4, 2011. Can a settlement agreement between an employer and an employee force dismissal of the employee’s... READ MORE
Tags: 2011, AARS, Batiste, Cancio, cdc, Chicago, Compass Medical, D.C., dialysis, District of Columbia, False Claims Act, FCA, Foglia, fraud in the inducement, Glynn, Massachusetts, New Jersey, November, Ohio, qui tam, relator, Renal Ventures, Ruble, Scott, seal, settlement agreement, Skidmore, SLM Corporation, Tampa, whistleblower, Wildhirt
