United States Ex Rel. Ubl v. IIF Data Solutions

Affirmed in part; reversed in part by published opinion. Chief Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Judge GREGORY joined.

OPINION

TRAXLER, Chief Judge:

Thomas Ubl brought an action under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) against his former employer, IIF Data Solutions, Inc., and Charles Patten, Sr., IIF’s vice-president (referred to together as “IIF”). Ubl and IIF reached an agreement to settle the action for almost nine million dollars, contingent on approval by the government. The government did not approve the agreement, the case eventually proceeded to trial, and the jury…