false claims act

March 15th, 2024

In fiscal year 2023, more than $1.8 billion of the $2.68 billion recovered under the False Claim Act came from defendants in the healthcare industry.  This figure made healthcare fraud the leading basis for False Claims Act settlements and judgments. Healthcare fraud recoveries protect some of …

March 6th, 2024

In fiscal year 2023, the Department of Justice and whistleblowers secured more than $2.68 billion in settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act.  This massive haul came as the result of an historic 543 settlements and judgments.  There has not been another year with …

April 13th, 2022

Exposing unlawful conduct by a business can often create significant monetary exposure for that company and any individual employees engaged in wrongdoing. Whistleblowers who step forward to report such fraud may therefore face retaliation for their decision to do so. This blowback may come after …

March 10th, 2022

In 1863, the United States federal government passed the False Claims Act to recover monies lost to procurement fraud committed on the Union Army during the Civil War. The Government sought to recoup federal funds from contractors who defrauded the government by, for example, selling …

February 18th, 2022

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that it obtained more than $5.6 billion in settlements and judgments from False Claims Act cases during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021. Of the $5.6 billion, more than $1.6 billion arose from lawsuits brought …