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Eleventh Circuit upholds False Claims Act qui tam provisions

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Appeals court reverses Florida ruling, finding FCA whistleblowers are not US officers and may continue bringing fraud claims on behalf of the government.

Preserving whistleblowers’ ability to pursue fraud lawsuits on behalf of the federal government, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled that the False Claims Act’s (FCA) qui tam provisions are constitutional.

The decision in Clarissa Zafirov v Florida Medical Associates LLC et al. vacates a

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