Law Firm Asks High Court To Hear Appeal Of Attorney Fees Denial In FCA Lawsuit

(January 10, 2022, 7:23 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel erred when it affirmed a federal district court’s dismissal of a qui tam action stating claims under, inter alia, the False Claims Act (FCA) and the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act (TMFPA) and denial of relators’ request for attorney fees because the appellate court misapplied the federal statute’s first-to-file bar, counsel for the relators argues in a Nov. 24 petition for a writ of certiorari filed in the U.S. Supreme Court....