The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a retaliation claim under the False Claims Act, brought by a federal employee at Veterans Affairs Maine Healthcare System against the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, ruling that federal sovereign immunity bars such claims because Congress has not expressly waived immunity for FCA retaliation suits against federal employers, despite the employee’s argument that the “any employee” language in the statute should include federal employees.
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