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April 18, 2018
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Qui Tam Relators Must Be Represented By Counsel
In three 2019 decisions, federal district courts have reiterated the established rule that whistleblowers cannot prosecute a False Claims Act (“FCA”) suit unless they are represented by counsel. Tavares v. Rhode Island Super. Ct., 2019 WL 2269225, at *2 (D.R.I. May 28, 2019); McGhee v. Light, 2019 WL 2122893, at *2 […]
April 18, 2018
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“Original Source” Under the False Claims Act
One of the critical elements for a whistleblower in successfully bringing a qui tam lawsuit under the False Claims Act is being able to prove that the whistleblower is an “original source.” In general, courts have no jurisdiction over qui tam actions based upon the public disclosure of allegations or transactions, such […]
April 18, 2018
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Off-Label Marketing as Misbranding in Federal False Claims Act Settlements
In recent years, the Department of Justice and qui tam plaintiffs have pursued a rash of claims involving misbranding of prescription drugs based on off-label marketing (where the drug manufacturer promotes a drug for uses not approved by the FDA or makes claims about the safety or efficacy of the drug that […]
April 18, 2018
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Immunity and Protection for Qui Tam Whistleblowers
Many qui tam whistleblowers participated, to one degree or another, in the very fraud that they later report to the government. Usually this is because they either didn’t know the law, or they needed to keep their job and felt they would be fired if they did not “go along.” […]
April 18, 2018
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New York False Claims Act
Reporting Fraud Under the New York False Claims Act The New York False Claims Act (“New York FCA”) was originally enacted on April 7, 2007 and was modeled after the Federal False Claims Act (“Federal FCA”). At the time of passage, the provisions were nearly identical to the then-1986 version of the […]featured investigations
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