1st Circ. Told No Fraud Was Public Before Covidien FCA Suit

By John Kennedy (August 9, 2016, 7:17 PM EDT) -- A whistleblower claiming a Covidien Ltd. unit tricked Medicare into illegally funding off-label uses for a blood-blocking device told the First Circuit on Monday that the district court's decision to toss his False Claims Act suit because the alleged fraud was already public was "literally based on thin air."...

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