Bighorn Golf Club in Palm Desert, Calif., won dismissal of a whistleblower’s False Claims Act suit accusing the club of fraudulently obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program loan during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Relator LLC’s suit is dismissed under the FCA’s public disclosure bar because a government oversight website and a magazine contained all the information needed to support the suit, Judge Hernan D. Vera of the US District Court for the Central District of California said in a Monday order. The court didn’t grant leave to amend.
The public disclosure bar disallows claims with allegations that are substantially the same as ...
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Reports circulating on social media have implicated the former French international, prompting a strong response from the 42-year-old ex-Bayern Munich midfielder. Ribery's lawyer, Carlo Alberto Br...