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[25] The False Claims Act requires a separate penalty for each violation of the statute. [26] Under the Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, [24] False Claims Act penalties are periodically adjusted for inflation. [26] In 2020, the penalties range from $11,665 to $23,331 per violation. [27] Certain claims are not actionable, including:
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. United States ex rel. Rigsby, 580 U.S. ___ (2016), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States clarified the consequences of violating the False Claims Act's requirement that cases be kept under seal. [1]
The settlement also resolved four lawsuits pending in federal court in the District of Massachusetts four separate qui tam cases brought by whistleblowers under the False Claims Act. [26] The civil charges were settled for $2 billion of the total $3 billion resolution, a record number for civil settlements brought under the False Claims Act. [27]
The False Claims Act lets whistleblowers sue on behalf of the federal government, and share in recoveries. Valisure first sued GSK on behalf of the United States and more than two dozen states in ...
Walgreens has agreed to pay $106 million to settle lawsuits that alleged the pharmacy chain submitted false payment claims with government health care programs for prescriptions that were never ...
False Claims Act, FDCA 2012 Abbott Laboratories [8] $1.5 billion Off-label promotion Depakote: False Claims Act, FDCA 2009 Eli Lilly [9] $1.4 billion Off-label promotion Zyprexa: False Claims Act, FDCA 2001 TAP Pharmaceutical Products [10] $875 million Medicare fraud, kickbacks Lupron: False Claims Act, Prescription Drug Marketing Act: 2012 ...
Under the False Claims Act, the railway could be eligible for 15% to 25% of any amount recovered by the government. ... More than 2,000 Montana residents reached settlements with the state ...
United States ex rel. Eisenstein v. City of New York, 556 U.S. 928 (2009), is a United States Supreme Court decision holding that where the Government has not intervened or actively participated, private plaintiffs under the False Claims Act must file an appeal within 30 days of the judgment or order being appealed, according to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.