9th Circuit Affirms Public Disclosure Bar Dismissal In FCA Medicare Fraud Row

( January 31, 2025, 10:14 AM EST) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. —  The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a qui tam relator’s suit accusing pharmaceutical companies of violating the False Claims Act (FCA) by overcharging the federal government and states under Medicare and Medicaid, finding that the relator waived his argument that the public disclosure bar is inapplicable....