DOJ Hammers 'Unprecedented' Rejection Of FCA Dismissal

By Adam Lidgett · August 22, 2019, 7:50 PM EDT

The U.S. Department of Justice is lambasting a California federal judge's rejection of its request to end a whistleblower's False Claims Act suit, deeming it an "unprecedented decision" that usurps executive...

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Case Information

Case Title

USA v. US ex rel. Gwen Thrower

Case Number

Court

Appellate - 9th Circuit

Nature of Suit

1376 Qui Tam False Claims Act

Date Filed

July 27, 2018

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