9th Circ. Won't Revive Whistleblower's Wiretap Suit

By Natalie Olivo (February 6, 2017, 7:42 PM EST) -- The Ninth Circuit declined to revive a False Claims Act suit brought by a former federal prosecutor-turned-whistleblower accusing AT&T, Sprint and other telecoms of overcharging the government for wiretapping services, finding on Monday that the whistleblower hasn't shown he was the original source of the fraud allegations....

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