At Bracker & Marcus, we are passionate about providing updates and keeping our community informed on news and law regulations related to the False Claims Act throughout the United States.
One of the most difficult aspects of my job is explaining to people what it is that I do. Once I get past explaining why my practice does not include [...]
Last month, we announced a settlement with the Southern Spine & Pain Institute in a False Claims Act case brought by former employees. One relator (Ms. P) was a nurse [...]
The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia has announced that it has aided in the collection of over $108 million for U.S. taxpayers in the fiscal year ending [...]
“Because the seal requirement was intended in main to protect the Government’s interests, it would make little sense to adopt a rigid interpretation of the seal provision that prejudices the [...]
Relators to receive 19.5% share of recovery. "When physicians bill the government for medical services that are not needed by the patient, they violate the trust placed in them by [...]
Relator to receive 18% share of $117,000 settlement of allegations of improper billing to Medicare and TennCare. Bracker & Marcus LLC is pleased to announce that the United States and [...]
When, as here, a defendant makes representations in submitting a claim but omits its violations of statutory, regulatory, or contractual requirements, those omissions can be a basis for liability if [...]
In addition to actual damages, which are intended to make the United States whole after being defrauded, the False Claims Act includes a separate per-claim civil penalty that is meant [...]
A particularly cloudy area in whistleblower litigation is what, and how much, can an employee take from an employer to support their case, particularly when they don't even know what [...]
For every allegation of a potentially overzealous plaintiff, there is a whistleblower threatened with severe retaliation for raising concerns. These kinds of toxic environments do not magically disappear in the [...]
