Preventing fraud and abuse in government program expenditures remains a top law enforcement priority. Federal agencies have aggressively pursued investigations and prosecutions of government contractors and health care entities. Perhaps no vehicle for pursuing these claims presents greater challenges than the federal False Claims Act, which allows cases to be brought by “whistleblowers” suing on behalf of the government against those alleged to have submitted false claims for payment to an officer of the United States. The government views the Act as an ideal enforcement vehicle because it encourages private individuals to ferret out alleged fraud on behalf of the government, and it provides for treble damages. Likewise, whistleblowers (and the plaintiffs’ bar that specializes in these cases) aggressively pursue these claims because of the statutory entitlement to a share of the Government’s recovery and the attorney’s fees incurred in pursuing the litigation. Many states also have enacted statutes that parallel the False Claims Act.
Our firm has wide-ranging experience handling False Claims Act cases, especially in the health care and government contracts arenas. Our attorneys also have represented manufacturers, hospitals, retailers and other clients in connection with False Claims Act matters.
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