Michele Sartori

Oct 3, 2024 | lexology.com | Jonathan Diesenhaus |Jessica Ellsworth |Michele Sartori |Emily Lyons |Xochitl Halaby |Mike Dohmann | +1 more

Since June 2023, the False Claims Act (FCA) bar has waited with baited breath for district courts to address Justice Thomas’s dissent in United States ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc., suggesting that the qui tam provisions of the federal civil False Claims Act – which allow a private citizen whistleblower or qui tam relator to file and pursue an FCA case even if the government declines to join or intervene in the suit – may be an unconstitutional delegation of power.

Mar 17, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Michele Sartori

2022 was an interesting year in False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement and case law developments – from uncertainty emanating from escalating circuit splits to low recoveries for the Department of Justice (DOJ). Looking ahead, 2022 may prove to be the calm before the storm.

Mar 17, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Michele Sartori

​In 2022, False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments totaled US$2.2 billion.1 Although this was one of the lowest annual recovery totals in years, there is no indication that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is slowing its FCA enforcement activity – quite the contrary. Though perhaps not a banner year as measured by dollars recovered, 2022 was a noteworthy year in FCA jurisprudence.