FCA Suit Relator May Depose Officers But Cannot Compel Litigation Hold Notices

(July 28, 2023, 1:55 PM EDT) -- INDIANAPOLIS — A health care firm’s former employee, who alleges that his termination was due to whistleblowing, may conduct targeted depositions of certain company representatives regarding spoliation of evidence, an Indiana federal magistrate ruled, granting in part a motion to compel production by the relator in a qui tam action over alleged False Claims Act (FCA) violations, while denying his request to compel production of the litigation hold notices the company issued to employees....