Supreme Court Muddies Healthcare Liability Waters June 21, 2016 By Noah Feldman, Bloomberg Opinion The Supreme Court is supposed to take appellate cases to make the law clearer. Last week’s opinion on healthcare fraud...
Supreme Court to Hear State Farm’s Appeal of Katrina False Claims Ruling May 31, 2016 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear an appeal by State Farm contesting a jury finding that the...
Supreme Court Hears Claim Against Hospital for Allegedly Defrauding U.S. April 19, 2016 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled with the question of when federal contractors can be sued for defrauding the...
Ex-Executive’s Lawsuit Alleges AIG Defrauded U.S. in Bailout May 14, 2014 By Bob Van Voris American International Group Inc. defrauded the U.S. by failing to disclose it was selling insurance without a license during negotiations...
Lance Armstrong Seeks Dismissal of False Claims Lawsuit July 24, 2013 By Tom Schoenberg Lance Armstrong, the former champion cyclist, asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit claiming he defrauded the U.S. by...
State Farm Appeals Katrina Fraud Ruling in Mississippi May 13, 2013 State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. is asking a judge to void a jury’s finding that the company defrauded the...
Judge: U.S. Can Sue Bank of America Over Toxic Mortgages Under FIRREA May 8, 2013 By Aruna Viswanatha A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the United States can pursue parts of a civil lawsuit against Bank of...
Jury Finds State Farm Defrauded Flood Insurance Program April 10, 2013 A federal jury in Mississippi has found that State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. avoided covering a policyholder’s wind losses...
Mortgage Lender Charged with Defrauding Government Insurer April 8, 2013 By Jonathan Stempel The United States last Thursday sued a New York mortgage company it said defrauded the federal government into insuring poor...
Hanford Nuclear Contractor Settles Lawsuit For $1.1M April 4, 2013 A contractor at the Hanford nuclear plant in Washington has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a lawsuit filed...