United States Fourth Circuit

In a qui tam action on behalf of the United States under the False Claims Act (FCA) alleging that defendant-former employer (who settled), along with other defendants, defrauded the government through various schemes by conspiring with suppliers and an overseeing nonprofit to skirt applicable regulations and overcharge the government, dismissal of the remaining defendants is affirmed, where: 1) the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiff leave to amend; 2) the public-disclosure bar deprived the district court of jurisdiction over the claims against all of the defendants except defendant Weyerhaeuser; and 3) plaintiff has failed to plead viable FCA claims against defendant Weyerhaeuser.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/23/2014
• Published 06/23/2014

Judges

• DIAZ

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel