November 15, 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice's controversial crusade against disfavored False Claims Act suits appears to be on increasingly solid ground after a series of court decisions allowing the DOJ to end whistleblower FCA cases. Here, Law360 spotlights five key takeaways from the government's recent success.
November 06, 2019
A whistleblower's False Claims Act lawsuit against a UnitedHealth Inc. unit was dismissed at the federal government's request after the U.S. Department of Justice argued in Pennsylvania federal court that the expense of litigating the case outweighed the likelihood of winning and any recovery.
September 25, 2019
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday expressed frustration with the government's shifting position on whether to push for dismissal of a whistleblower suit accusing a UnitedHealth Inc. unit of hospital billing fraud, saying he was inclined to consider the case's merits before deciding whether to agree to ax the litigation.
August 20, 2019
The government asked a Pennsylvania federal court on Tuesday to toss a whistleblower's lawsuit accusing a UnitedHealth Inc. unit of hospital billing fraud, claiming that the costs of discovery during the seven-year-long litigation don't justify keeping the suit alive.
August 16, 2019
The federal government urged a Pennsylvania federal judge Thursday to ignore a recommendation that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services turn over purportedly protected material as part of a whistleblower suit accusing a UnitedHealth Group Inc. unit of facilitating excessive hospital billing.
February 25, 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice will extinguish a whistleblower's False Claims Act suit accusing a UnitedHealth Group Inc. unit of facilitating excessive hospital billing, according to documents filed in Pennsylvania federal court on Monday.
October 24, 2018
The U.S. Department of Justice is defying the U.S. Supreme Court’s Escobar decision by rejecting False Claims Act discovery requests aimed at gleaning information about the government’s knowledge of allegedly fraudulent billing practices at hospitals, a UnitedHealth Group Inc. unit said.
March 19, 2018
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday refused to dial back a False Claims Act case accusing a UnitedHealth Group Inc. unit of facilitating excessive hospital billing, saying the allegations pass muster under the U.S. Supreme Court's Escobar standard.