January 12, 2016
The sponsorship deal between Lance Armstrong's cycling team and the U.S. Postal Service did not saddle Armstrong and his former agents with an independent obligation to repay money that the government was allegedly tricked into paying through false statements about doping, a Washington, D.C., federal judge ruled Tuesday.
January 08, 2016
Attorneys for Lance Armstrong urged a D.C. federal court Thursday not to force the former star cyclist to remove redactions from a pair of email chains amid a False Claims Act lawsuit over a U.S. Postal Service sponsorship deal, saying the email chains with his attorneys and members of his nonprofit Livestrong Foundation are protected by attorney-client privilege.
December 07, 2015
Lance Armstrong's former agents urged a D.C. federal court Monday to let them exit a False Claims Act suit over the disgraced cyclist's $40 million U.S. Postal Service sponsorship deal, saying there was no proof they made any false claims related to the deal.
November 30, 2015
A D.C. federal judge on Monday ordered Lance Armstrong to provide proof of the purported benefit gained by the U.S. Postal Service through its sponsorship of the disgraced cyclist's team, ending part of a discovery dispute in the False Claims Act suit against him.
November 23, 2015
The U.S. government on Friday asked a D.C. federal court to force Lance Armstrong to provide proof of the purported benefit gained by the U.S. Postal Service through its sponsorship of the cyclist's team, saying it's needed to determine damages in the False Claims Act suit against him.
October 30, 2015
A D.C. federal judge on Thursday granted disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong more time to depose the government as he defends a False Claims Act suit related to alleged doping while riding for the cycling team sponsored by the U.S. Postal Service, and ruled on two other lingering discovery disputes.
October 23, 2015
Lance Armstrong urged a D.C. federal judge Thursday to allow further questioning of the U.S. government's designated witness in a False Claims Act suit alleging the disgraced former cyclist defrauded the government of sponsorship funds, arguing tactics employed by the government hindered the original deposition.
October 14, 2015
The U.S. government must provide Lance Armstrong with the identity of its witnesses and the topics on which they will be prepared to testify in a False Claims Act suit alleging the disgraced former cyclist defrauded the government of sponsorship funds, a D.C. federal judge said Tuesday.
September 23, 2015
Former U.S. cyclist Floyd Landis must pare down a list of doping-related allegations he wants his disgraced former teammate Lance Armstrong to admit or deny in Landis' False Claims Act suit alleging Armstrong defrauded the government of sponsorship funds, a D.C. federal judge ruled Tuesday.
September 22, 2015
Former U.S. cyclist Floyd Landis told a D.C. federal court Monday that Lance Armstrong is refusing to either admit or deny allegations in Landis' False Claims Act suit against his disgraced former teammate, arguing that Armstrong has shown no reason why he cannot provide details of his doping.