Sixth Circuit Creates Circuit Split, Allows Former Employee’s FCA Retaliation Claim
By EsqSocial Corporation 11/05/21
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held, in connection with an interlocutory appeal, that the False Claims Act (FCA) anti-retaliation provisions protect relators from post-employment retaliatory conduct. In United States ex rel. Felten v. William Beaumont Hosp., 993 F.3d 428 (6th Cir. 2021), the Sixth Circuit reversed the district court’s dismissal of relator, David Felten’s complaint involving allegations that he was “blacklisted” by Beaumont Hospital post-employment when seeking...
By: McGuireWoods LLP