Setting A New Record, FCA Recoveries Reach $5 Billion in FY2012
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 12.05.12
DOJ's Acting Associate Attorney General, Tony West, announced that the government recovered nearly $5 billion in settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act in FY2012, the largest recovery for a single year. You can read Mr. West's prepared remarks here, in which he notes there were 650 new qui tam actions filed this year, the most ever, and that the majority of the government's recoveries came from whistleblower suits.
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Client Alert | 4 min read | 07.27.26
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Client Alert | 2 min read | 07.24.26
GAO Finds That Challenge to Agency’s Failure to Comply With DFARS Requirement Comes Too Late
Client Alert | 3 min read | 07.23.26
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Second Circuit Affirms Preliminary Injunction Against Nielsen in Constructive Tying Case
