In United States ex rel. Burris v. The Scripps Research Institute

Represented a scientist employed by Scripps who learned of grant fraud and achieved a $10 million settlement.

According to the whistleblower, Scripps was using money from National Institutes of Health funded research grants to pay for time spent by its researchers on activities outside of the scope of the approved grant, in particular, writing applications for other grants, teaching, and other administrative duties.

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