New York-based law firm Liakas Law PC stopped a whistleblower’s False Claims Act suit alleging it improperly received Paycheck Protection Program funds.
Tradesman Program Managers, a New York limited liability company, failed to show that the law firm knowingly and falsely told the US government it had an economic need for the funds during the Covid-19 pandemic, Judge Jeanette A. Vargas of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York said in a Wednesday order to dismiss with prejudice.
The court also said the suit can’t move forward under the FCA’s public disclosure bar, which precludes whistleblower ...
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