[co-author: Alec Smith] On March 29, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granted the parties’ joint stipulation for dismissal in U.S. ex. rel. Godsholl v. Covenant He...

Dr. John Chung, a dermatologist who operates clinics across North Georgia and Southeast Tennessee including in Dalton, and his practice have agreed to pay the federal government more than $6 milli...

ATLANTA (CN) - A federal appeals court heard arguments Tuesday from a pharmaceutical company that claims it shouldn't have to pay the Federal Trade Commission a $40 million judgment for violating a...

In a recent development in Island Industries, Inc. v. Sigma Corp.—a nonintervened False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam action based on an alleged failure to pay antidumping duties—the Ninth Circuit, pos...

A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently upheld the summary judgment dismissal of a relator’s False Claims Act (FCA) case involving the FHA mortgage insur...

SciCheck Digest The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation supports research into fighting malaria, including funding a company that releases genetically modified mosquitoes that are incapable of carryi...

Jimmie Allen is responding to multiple lawsuits filed against him in May and June, asserting that he sexually assaulted two women. In a statement issued to BET.com, the country music singer labele...

There have been several noteworthy False Claims Act (FCA) settlements in the second quarter of 2023. Four of these settlements have come in over $20 million. This post summarizes key settlements o...

The popular burger chain announced it will soon ban employees from wearing masks in five of the seven states in which it operates. Only workers in California and Oregon will be allowed to wear mask...

While the specific crimes that former President Donald Trump may be charged with are not clear, Smith’s team has been eyeing potential obstruction charges related to Trump’s actions in the days le...