A Maryland-based construction company required to pay “prevailing wages” under a Federal government contract recently settled for $400,000 claims that it had violated the False Claims Act (“FCA”) by failing to properly supervise lower-level contractors in the payment of prevailing wages to their workers. The case serves as a reminder that government contractors who fail
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Expansion of State False Claims Act
By Richard Arnholt on
We recently authored an article examining the rise in states developing their own false claims act statutes and how this expansion is impacting government contractors. The article offers tips to government contractors on ways to mitigate the risk of state false claims actions.
The full article, “The Expanding Risk Of State FCA Actions,”…
A New Front in the Battle Against Fraud – the Continued Expansion of State False Claims Act Liability
By Richard Arnholt on
Posted in Government Contracts
Following the federal government’s example, states are increasingly looking to their own false claims act (FCA) statutes to combat procurement and healthcare fraud. This trend is being driven by two main factors: (1) the huge recoveries by the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the federal FCA – $5.7 billion in Fiscal Year 2014 alone; and…