PPT-False Claims Act: Fundamentals

Mark P Chalos Nashville TN mchaloslchbcom Tennessee Bar Association June 23 2014 Part I Overview Background Signed by President Lincoln during the height of the Civil War to combat rampant profiteering. SC 3729 3733 was enacted in 1863 by a Congress concerned that suppliers of goods to the Union Army during the Civil War were defrauding the Army The FCA provided that any person w ho knowingly submitted false claims to the government was liable for SC 3729 3733 was enacted in 1863 by a Congress concerned that suppliers of goods to the Union Army during the Civil War were defrauding the Army The FCA provided that any person w ho knowingly submitted false claims to the government was liable for Act: Fundamentals. Mark P. Chalos. Nashville, TN. mchalos@lchb.com. Tennessee Bar Association, June 23, 2014. Part I: Overview. Background. Signed by President Lincoln during the height of the Civil War to combat rampant profiteering. Reggie Jones. Fox Rothschild, LLP (Washington, DC). 7th Joint In-House . EPC-CLE · May . 12, 2016. The Federal Compliance Requirements Are Piling Up & They Are Onerous!. On . August 3, 2015. , four contractor advocacy groups wrote to President Obama’s Chief of Staff, Denis McDonough and Senior Advisor, Valerie Jarrett to say stop it – . The Real Cost of Claims. Potential Penalties with the False Claims Act. Agenda . The Federal False Claims Act (FCA) imposes liability on any “person” who knowingly submits a false claim to the government for payment or who “conspires” to submit a false claim for payment.. Lesson 2 Business Ethics. Objectives. Identify and explain common ethical problems in advertising.. Identify and explain key ethical problems and principles of honest and ethical selling.. Key Terms. 2 Peter 2:2-3. 2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3 And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.. Adam M. . Ekonomon. Vice President and Deputy General Counsel. The J.M. . Smucker. Company. Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer.. Background. What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Bringing and Defending Whistleblower Suits. A. G. (Alec) Alexander III, Partner. BREAZEALE, SACHSE & WILSON, L.L.P.. Baton Rouge, La.. . alec.alexander@bswllp.com. Adam M. . Ekonomon. Vice President and Deputy General Counsel. The J.M. . Smucker. Company. Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer.. Background. Reggie Jones. Fox Rothschild, LLP (Washington, DC). 7th Joint In-House . EPC-CLE · May . 12, 2016. The Federal Compliance Requirements Are Piling Up & They Are Onerous!. On . August 3, 2015. , four contractor advocacy groups wrote to President Obama’s Chief of Staff, Denis McDonough and Senior Advisor, Valerie Jarrett to say stop it – . . Qui Tam relators. personal claims. offense and defense. False Claims Act Qui Tam Litigation:. relators ‘ personal claims. Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund Conference. Panel Presentation –October 3, 2018. Setting. Shauna B. Itri, ESQ. . 267-973-4265. www.linkedin.com/in/shaunaitri/ . Speaker . Biography: . Shauna Itri . Shauna . represents whistleblowers in False Claims . Act law suits in state and federal courts throughout the United States, and tax and securities whistleblowers with claims under the IRS and SEC whistleblower programs. Ms. Itri received a B.A. and an M.A. from Stanford University, where she . When a person acts to defraud the government, that person can be made to pay three times the damages caused by “the act of that person.” 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a). . H. ow do you calculate the amount of damages?.