YRC Freight Inc., Roadway Express Inc. and Yellow Transportation Inc. will pay about $6.85 million to resolve allegations they overcharged the Department of Defense.
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Read More »March 14, 2022 Comments Off on 3 companies reach settlement in False Claims Act suit
YRC Freight Inc., Roadway Express Inc. and Yellow Transportation Inc. will pay about $6.85 million to resolve allegations they overcharged the Department of Defense.
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Read More »August 29, 2016 Comments Off on When government comes knocking, but on civil side
It’s often the first sign that a business could be facing legal trouble. The worrisome news arrives with a visit by a U.S. Marshal or government investigator. It’s a Civil Investigative Demand – a request for the company to turn ...
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Read More »March 18, 2015 2 Comments
The federal False Claims Act grants the government (or a private party suing on the government’s behalf) the right to seek damages vastly exceeding what is normally available in a fraud action. Enacted in 1863 to combat fraud by government ...
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Read More »March 30, 2012 Comments Off on COA weighs False Claims Act against contracts
Two Buffalo area business owners believe the state was defrauded in a shipping contract in which it was charged a jet fuel surcharge for packages that were shipped by truck. The shipping company, DHL Express (USA) Inc. claims the action ...
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Read More »May 16, 2011 Comments Off on Court says FOIA request cannot be used in lawsuit
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court says a Freedom of Information Act request cannot be used to trigger a False Claims Act lawsuit. The court on Monday voted 5-3 to agree with arguments by Schindler Elevator Corp. ...
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Read More »March 23, 2011 Comments Off on False Claims Act: United States ex rel. Veltz v. Allegany Rehabilitation Associates Inc.
U.S. District Court, Western District of New York False Claims Act Medicaid — Subject Matter Jurisdiction United States ex rel. Veltz v. Allegany Rehabilitation Associates Inc. 01-CV-190 Judge Skretny Background: In this qui tam action, the government and the relator, ...
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Read More »September 30, 2010 Comments Off on Justices take up False Claims Act case
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a federal agency’s response to a Freedom of Information Act request is a “report ... or investigation” within the meaning of the False Claims Act public disclosure bar, Schindler Elevator Co. v. U.S. ex rel. Kirk.
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Read More »April 7, 2010 Comments Off on False Claims Act: Kirk v. Schindler Elevator Corp.
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit False Claims Act Kirk v. Schindler Elevator Corp. 09-1678-cv Appealed from the Southern District of New York Background: The appeal is from a district court judgment dismissing the appellant’s complaint for failure to state ...
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Read More »April 1, 2010 Comments Off on False Claims Act suit barred by disclosures
A False Claims Act suit over fraudulent government flood control contracts was barred because the plaintiff’s claims were based upon allegations publicly disclosed in state and county audit reports, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 7-2 decision.
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