Call Us 919-240-4054Attorneys for Standard and Poor’s Rating Services asked a California judge to dismiss a lawsuit against the company alleging violations of the False Claims Act. The suit, filed by California Attorney General Kamala Harris in February, was among more than a dozen filed against S&P’s in approximately fifteen states, all accusing the group of intentionally overinflating […]
False Claims Act
False Claims Act in the news, led to $3 billion in healthcare fraud judgments and settlements in 2012
Over the last several months, U.S. courts have seen significant activity involving the False Claims Act (FCA), a federal law amended in 1986 to allow individual citizens to sue companies for money damages if they have evidence that the companies have defrauded the taxpayers. If an FCA case is successful, the person who brings it […]