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Jesse Hoyer Partner Members of government agencies often ask us whether their employment by the Government impacts whether they can serve as a whistleblower in a qui tam case under the False Claims Act (“FCA”)? Unfortunately, the short answer is “maybe.” Government...
David Fulleborn Senior Employment Counsel Court Reverses Client’s Removal from the VA based upon the VA and MSPB’s Improper Application of the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act On March 31, 2020, the United States Court of...
Neil Ognibene Associate FedEx Ground agrees to pay $3.3M to settle a recent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The suit, alleging that FedEx Ground failed to provide...
Dave Scher Partner In a massive win for employees all over the country, the Supreme Court has ruled that LGBTQ rights, or rights based on sexual orientation, are protected under Title VII, the statute that provides civil rights protections for employees in the...
David Fulleborn Senior Employment Counsel “Wrongful discharge” and “wrongful termination” are terms often used to describe any unfair termination from employment. These are probably the two terms that we hear most often from potential clients when they are...
Kyle Mosey The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently settled a False Claims Act case amassing a $43 million recovery of misused taxpayer money. The False Claims Act allows individuals to file a lawsuit on the government’s behalf when they possess knowledge of...
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam recently signed new laws that provide employees with greater rights in many aspects of their employment. Of these new laws, House Bill 798 is an extensive whistleblower law that grants employees a great deal of protection from their...
On June 19, 2020, the Department of Justice raised the civil penalties applicable to False Claims Act actions. The civil penalty range prior to the increase was a minimum of $11,181 and a maximum of $22,363 per claim. This range has now increased to a minimum of...
A panel of judges in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a district court decision to vacate a $348 million jury verdict in a False Claims Act case. The panel instructed the district court to reinstate the jury’s verdict in favor of...
On June 22, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that a lower court was wrong when it claimed to need more time to decide whether qualified immunity protected two West Virginia officials accused of misusing $42 million in funding. The...
