Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Hartpence v. Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 7, 2015No. 12-55396, 12-56117PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEA, Circuit Judge:
If a whistleblower informs the government that it has been bilked by a provider of goods and services, and that scheme is unmasked to the public, under what conditions can that same whistleblower recover part of what the guilty provider is forced to reimburse the government? We hold today that there are two, and only two, requirements in order for a whistleblower to be an “original source” who may recover under the False Claims Act: (1) Before filing his action, the whistleblower must voluntarily inform the government of the facts which underlie the allegations of…
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