June 09, 2015
A Louisiana federal judge on Monday tossed a whistleblower's False Claims Act suit alleging a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers subcontractor marked up its prices by claiming foreign-made materials were actually made in the United States, finding the company properly asserted U.S. manufacture.
March 16, 2015
The federal government has chimed in on Masonry Solutions International Inc.'s bid to end a whistleblower's False Claims Act suit claiming it passed off foreign materials as domestic to hike prices, saying the contractor's motion misread proper legal standards.
February 11, 2015
Masonry Solutions International Inc. never violated the False Claims Act by disguising Chinese parts as being American-made while subcontracting on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects as alleged by a whistleblower, the company said in a motion for summary judgment filed in Louisiana federal court Tuesday.
January 27, 2015
A Louisiana federal judge Monday refused for the second time to toss a whistleblower's claims that U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractor Masonry Solutions International Inc. passed off foreign materials as domestic in order to inflate prices in violation of the False Clams Act and Buy American Act, saying the claims were sufficiently pled.
January 26, 2015
A Louisiana federal court said Masonry Solutions Inc. must hand over documents in a False Claims Act suit brought by a whistleblower who alleged the contractors overbilled the U.S. Army and violated the Buy American Act, denying the company's bid to reverse a magistrate's decision Monday.
December 22, 2014
A whistleblower on Monday urged a Louisiana federal judge to approve an order that would force Masonry Solutions Inc. to release documents related to False Claims Act allegations that the company overbilled the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, accusing MSI of using deceptive practices to drag out proceedings.
December 02, 2014
Masonry Solutions International Inc. on Monday slammed a whistleblower's attempt to compel discovery in a suit accusing it of overbilling the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and passing off foreign materials as domestic, saying the plaintiff was trying to utilize the discovery process as a "fishing expedition."
May 13, 2014
A Louisiana federal judge declined Monday to dismiss a whistleblower False Claims Act suit against Masonry Solutions International Inc. alleging the company overbilled the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and passed off foreign materials as domestic, saying the court's clerical error excused the plaintiff for missing an important deadline.