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Importer Evaded Duties on Chinese Wood Flooring Through Transshipment Scheme A California-based importer and its owners have agreed to pay $8.1 million to resolve allegations
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Appellate Court Approves Whistleblower’s use of Third-Party Litigation Funder, Affirms $255 Million Verdict against Skilled Nursing Facilities for Medicare Fraud
Management pressured staff to inflate Medicare reimbursements by “upcoding” and “ramping.” The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that
Whistleblower Awarded 22% of Recovery as U.S. Settles with Importer for Fraudulently Underpaying Customs Duties on Diamond Jewelry
Former employee blows the whistle, receives reward In another False Claims Act settlement involving trade fraud, the owner of New
Qui Tam Whistleblowers, Government Target Downstream Parties over Suppliers’ Import Duty Evasion
Downstream wholesaler allegedly turned a blind eye to suppliers’ import fraud while receiving goods at below-market prices. Whistleblowers reap rewards.
Third Circuit Rejects Eleventh Circuit’s “Objective Falsehood” Requirement under the False Claims Act, Rules that Clinical Medical Judgments Can be Considered “False”
Court says that disputed medical judgments present a triable issue for a jury, creating a Circuit split and paving the
Courts of Appeal Clarify: Class Representatives from Every State Are Not Necessarily Required for Multistate Class Actions
Opinions warn against conflating FRCP 23 elements with constitutional standing. Defendants battling proposed class actions based on alleged violations of
When an Overly-Influenced Federal Agency Sides with the Accused under the False Claims Act: Whistleblower Claims, Materiality and “Regulatory Capture” in the Trinity Industries Appeal
Despite whistleblower claims, federal agency insists it wasn’t defrauded The anti-fraud bar is focused on the upcoming oral argument in
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