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When it comes to understanding qui tam, you first need to understand the concept of whistleblowing. A whistleblower is someone who discovers wrongdoing — usually fraud — and brings that wrongdoing to public light. Whistleblowers may uncover wrongdoing on the
Imagine you’re at work and discover that your employer may be defrauding the government of millions of dollars. What should you do? Fortunately, Congress enacted the False Claims Act (FCA) to deal with this scenario. Several states have followed suit
It’s understood today that a contractor can sue a public entity, such as a federal government agency, for breach of contract. But that wasn’t always so; until the mid-19th century, a contractor could not sue the government over a contract
On March 2nd, 2023, falling debris from a high-rise construction project struck and killed nearby bicyclist Michael Delgado in Austin’s West Campus neighborhood. As Austinites know, large-scale construction projects are on the rise in our city as the population continues
On January 4, 2023, the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office announced four new settlements in its opioid-litigation campaign—a campaign that Nix Patterson has helped wage since 2017. The new settlements, which involve drug manufacturer Allergan and top U.S. pharmacy chains CVS,
