Supreme Court declines case on False Claims Act anti-retaliation provisions
By 
Aaron Nicodemus2022-01-27T19:11:00
The Supreme Court has declined to settle conflict between two federal court decisions on whether former employees are covered by whistleblower anti-retaliation protections contained in the False Claims Act.
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