October 24, 2016
The Seventh Circuit on Monday reaffirmed its decision to shut down a $52 million whistleblower suit accusing Sanford-Brown College of violating federal education laws even after reconsidering a portion of its reasoning at the U.S. Supreme Court's behest after its June Escobar ruling.
June 28, 2016
A $52 million False Claims Act suit that accused Sanford-Brown College of violating federal education laws in a bid to get more student aid dollars was resuscitated on Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ordered the Seventh Circuit to reconsider the case in light of a recent ruling that has federal contractors worried.
August 04, 2015
The Seventh Circuit on Tuesday sealed a win for a Wisconsin college and its parent, Career Education Corp., over False Claims Act allegations that the for-profit school lied to the federal government to obtain $52 million in grants and loans, rebuffing pushes for an en banc rehearing from a whistleblower and the U.S. government.
July 06, 2015
The federal government and a whistleblower who alleged a Career Education Corp.-owned college lied to rake in $51.8 million from federal grants and loans pushed the Seventh Circuit for a rehearing Thursday, saying the original panel misinterpreted the False Claims Act when it ruled for the college.
June 08, 2015
A for-profit Wisconsin college and its parent, Career Education Corp., again defeated a False Claims Act suit on Monday, after a Seventh Circuit panel ruled against reinstating allegations the school lied to the federal government to obtain grants and loans for students.
January 08, 2015
A former administrator at a Wisconsin for-profit college on Thursday pressed the Seventh Circuit to resurrect his False Claims Act suit alleging the school and its parent, Career Education Corp., lied to the federal government to fraudulently obtain grants and loans for students.