In November, 2020, Enockson Law prevailed in a two day bench trial on behalf of its client who was seeking to recover money paid for the purchase of a downtown Denver nightclub.  After hearing all of the evidence, the Court ruled in Enockson Law’s client’s favor by finding that an agreement existed for the purchase ...

On February 12, 2020, the United States Attorney for the District of Colorado announced that Dr. William Choi and three companies that he owned paid the United States $2.35 million to resolve civil allegations that Dr. Choi received illegal kickbacks from distributors of spinal implant devices that he used in surgeries he performed.  The settlement ...

In United States ex rel. Polukoff v. St. Mark’s Hospital, a much watched False Claims Act case, the Tenth Circuit has denied a petition for en banc rehearing. The Polukoff case, which is the subject of a prior blog, held that there is no bright line rule that a medical judgment can never form the basis of a False Claims Act ...

The Tenth Circuit recently held that there is no bright line rule that a medical judgment can never serve as the basis for a False Claims Act claim. In United States ex rel. Polukoff v. St. Mark’s Hospital, 895 F.3d 730 (10th Cir. 2018), the Tenth Circuit reversed the Utah District Court’s decision to dismiss a ...

The federal government recovered $3.7 billion under the False Claims Act in 2017. Of the $3.7 billion recovered, $3.4 billion was recovered by cases brought by whistleblowers under the False Claims Act’s qui tam provisions. From these recoveries, $392 million was paid out to whistleblowers. Click here for a copy of the Justice Department’s press release.

In 2016, the Department of Justice recovered over $4.7 billion from False Claims Act cases. According to the DOJ, 2016 was the third highest year in annual FCA recoveries in the history of the FCA. Of the $4.7 billion recovered, $2.9 billion was recovered from lawsuits filed by individual whistleblowers under the FCA’s qui tam provisions. A ...