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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 [...]

8 10, 2021

Facebook Whistleblower And SEC Protections

2022-10-20T16:07:23+00:00By |Whistleblower Blog & News, Whistleblower Retaliation Blog|

Facebook Whistleblower And SEC Protections Have you ever thought to yourself: “I wonder how Facebook, whistleblowers, and the SEC intersect?” If so, today is your lucky day! By now, most [...]

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). [...]

6 08, 2021

Partner Jason Marcus Honored by Fulton County Daily Report as One of Its 2021 “On the Rise” Attorneys in Georgia

2022-02-14T14:14:26+00:00By |Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates|

Given to twenty lawyers under the age of 40, Marcus is being recognized for his achievements in representing whistleblowers in False Claims Act cases. Today, I am proud to announce [...]