Court orders $24M False Claims penalty

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered a $24 million award in a federal whistleblower case involving a moving company’s alleged price fixing on military contracts. The appellate panel rejected a trial judge decision that a multi-million dollar civil penalty was “excessive.” The court’s Dec. 19 decision interpreting the federal False Claims Act ...

Source: http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/12/26/court-orders-24m-false-claims-penalty/

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