Mealey's (April 18, 2022, 2:06 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on April 18 denied a pair of petitions for certiorari filed by law firms that represented a set of relators in qui tam actions stemming from an illegal kickback and referrals scheme allegedly conducted by a group of health care companies and their owners to defraud Medicare and were denied attorney fees under the False Claims Act’s (FCA) first-to-file rule....