25 03, 2022

New Pick for SCOTUS: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

2022-10-14T01:11:19+00:00By |Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates|

On February 25th, 2022, President Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the 116th Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The nomination is historic for obvious reasons, [...]

25 02, 2022

Bracker & Marcus LLC Partners Honored by Super Lawyers Magazine

2022-02-25T13:18:44+00:00By |Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates|

Julie Bracker listed as a Super Lawyer; Jason Marcus listed as a Rising Star Once again, Bracker & Marcus LLC is proud to announce that partner Julie Bracker has been [...]

21 01, 2022

Partner Jason Marcus to Speak About the Modern Relator at 2022 Federal Bar Association Virtual Qui Tam Conference

2022-01-28T18:44:16+00:00By |Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates|

This virtual conference is available to all members of the Federal Bar Association   Panel Details Date & Time: Friday, February 25, 2022 at 1:10 PM ET Title: The Modern [...]

17 12, 2021

Proposed False Claims Act Amendments of 2021: Materiality (Part Deux)

2022-10-14T01:09:55+00:00By |Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, False Claims Act Blog, Whistleblower Blog & News|

In October 2021, we shared the first part of our discussion on materiality and proposed amendments to the False Claims Act. However, in late November, those proposed amendments were updated. [...]

3 12, 2021

Bracker & Marcus Recognized as Fourth Most Prolific Qui Tam Firm in America

2022-10-19T18:54:13+00:00By |Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, Whistleblower Blog & News|

Legal analytics firm Lex Machina reviewed thousands of unsealed False Claims Act cases from 2016 to 2020 to determine most active plaintiffs’ law firms. Adding another feather to Bracker & [...]

19 11, 2021

Bracker & Marcus LLC Settles Its Second MDGA-Intervened False Claims Act Case This Month

2022-10-14T01:09:25+00:00By |Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, False Claims Act Blog, Healthcare Fraud Blog, Whistleblower Blog & News|

The whistleblowers alleged that the hospital was improperly billing split/shared visits as if patients were seen by a physician when they were only seen by a midlevel provider.   Right [...]

5 11, 2021

Bracker & Marcus Settles Intervened False Claims Act Case Alleging Infusions Performed by Medical Assistants

2022-10-19T19:03:20+00:00By |Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, Healthcare Fraud Blog, Whistleblower Blog & News|

Georgia requires licensed nurses to perform infusions; our whistleblower nurse discovered her co-workers were unqualified medical assistants. Bracker & Marcus LLC is pleased to announce that the federal government has [...]

29 10, 2021

Proposed False Claims Act Amendments of 2021: Materiality Bites

2022-10-14T01:08:51+00:00By |Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, False Claims Act Blog|

As we discussed in a previous post, FCA changes have been proposed which will potentially affect several aspects of the FCA, including cost-shifting in discovery. Today, we are going to [...]

10 09, 2021

Attorney General Merrick Garland Rescinds the Infamous Brand Memo

2022-10-14T00:58:23+00:00By |Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, False Claims Act Blog, Whistleblower Retaliation Blog|

Department of Justice may once again use internal agency guidance to enforce the rule of law In January 2018, then-Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand issued a memo, known as the [...]

20 08, 2021

Proposed False Claims Act Amendments of 2021: Cost-Shifting of Discovery in Declined Cases

2022-10-14T00:57:59+00:00By |Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, False Claims Act Blog, Whistleblower Blog & News|

On July 26, 2021, a bipartisan group of senators, guided by long-time False Claims Act champion, Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), introduced a bill to amend the federal False Claims Act (FCA). [...]