An opinion in a long-running court case involving software company Gen Digital and alleged violations of the False Claims Act saw proposed costs in the matter jump from $1.3 million to approximately $53 million following successful arguments by the U.S. government.
Gen Digital, formerly Symantec Corp. and NortonLifeLock, was accused by former employee Lori Morsell in 2012 of not appropriately disclosing certain discounts and rebates offered to customers in a manner that undermined a General Services Administration (GSA) contract. The U.S. government moved to intervene in the qui tam case.
