Something for everyone: the Court of Federal Claims issues decision in long-running, complex government contracts fraud case *

USA - August 1 2012
In Veridyne Corp. v. United States, -- Fed. Cl. -- , 2012 WL 2673091 (July 6, 2012), the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) resolved a long running government contracts dispute involving an agency of the Department of Transportation (the Maritime Administration (MARAD)), and Veridyne, the plaintiff contractor.

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Good enough for government work – court of federal claims rejects government’s FCA challenge to contractor’s estimates *

USA - July 24 2012
In Grand Acadian v. United States, -- Fed. Cl. --, 2012 WL 1882831 (May 23, 2012), the government filed its usual trio of fraud-related counterclaims against the plaintiff contractor, Grand Acadian, Inc., pursuant to the FCA, the Forfeiture of Fraudulent Claims Act, and the fraud provision of the Contract Disputes Act (CDA).

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D.C. Circuit decision may throw wrench into <i>qui tam</i> settlement efforts *

USA - April 30 2012
We recently posted here regarding a Tenth Circuit decision affirming the government’s unilateral dismissal of a qui tam complaint – before it was served on the defendant – over the objection of the relators.

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Fourth Circuit vacates and remands jury verdict on Stark violations in FCA case *

USA - April 5 2012
The Federal Physician Self-Referral Law, commonly referred to as the Stark Law, rarely forms the basis of a False Claims Act (“FCA”) action, and FCA actions almost never go to trial.

Co-authors: Donielle McCutcheon.

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Office of Government Ethics proposes to severely restrict registered lobbying organizations from hosting free educational and social events for government employees *

USA - September 28 2011
The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) plans to amend its ethics regulations to extend certain restrictions on the acceptance of gifts by political appointees to career executive branch employees.

Co-authors: Michael A. Nemeroff.

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