5th Circuit: Judge Did Not Err When Dismissing Relator’s False Billing Claims

(September 11, 2018, 4:20 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Texas did not abuse her discretion when granting a motion for voluntary dismissal with prejudice filed by relators in a False Claims Act (FCA) suit accusing the owner of a number of allergy centers of submitting false bills to Medicare and dismissing the government without prejudice, finding that the government and the judge properly consented to the dismissal (United States, ex rel. Michael Vaughn, et al. v. United Biologics LLC, No. 17-20389, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 25450)....

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