The Department of Justice (DOJ) released its annual summary of False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries for the prior fiscal year, and the data points to a number of notable trends.
Although DOJ brought in the second-highest number of settlements and judgments that the government has ever collected in a single year, the dollar value of
In 2022, the government continued to utilize the False Claims Act as its primary tool to combat fraud. Though the government’s recoveries at $2.2 billion were down compared to recent years, the government and whistleblowers were party to more than 350 settlements and judgments – the second-highest number of FCA settlements and judgments in a
Industry organizations in business, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and medical technology filed amicus briefs this week in support of the False Claims Act (FCA) defendants in the Supreme Court case United States, ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc. As previously reported here, this case raises whether the government has the proper authority to dismiss
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Ruan v. United States ups the ante for prosecutors who bring charges against doctors for unlawfully dispensing and distributing drugs under the Controlled Substances Act. Under the Supreme Court’s guidance, to secure a conviction, the government must now prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that doctors knowingly and intentionally exceeded
On June 21, 2022, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in United States ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc., a case which will decide whether the Department of Justice maintains the authority to dismiss False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam suits brought by private relators after it initially declines to intervene. The Court