March 25, 2016
A water pump company on Thursday asked the D.C. Circuit to stick with a decision to toss a $580,000 False Claims Act award over commissions that the company paid to a foreign sales agent, saying that a circuit panel followed previous federal rulings about vague definitions of what's illegal under the FCA.
February 09, 2016
The federal government asked the D.C. Circuit on Monday to undo its reversal of a $580,000 statutory damages award in a False Claims Act case against a water pump company, saying an appellate panel twisted the law's purpose in permitting the company to claim ignorance of fraudulent conduct.
November 24, 2015
The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday overturned a jury's trebled $22.5 million verdict in a False Claims Act suit against Moving Water Industries Corp. over what constitutes high commissions during a Nigerian purchase backed by federal loans, finding the company can't violate a standard left vague by the government.
September 17, 2015
Federal attorneys urged a D.C. Circuit panel Thursday to make Moving Water Industries Corp. cough up $15 million for allegedly hiding high commissions in order to secure government financing for pump sales to Nigeria, seeking the balance of treble damages in a whistleblower's False Claims Act suit.
May 13, 2015
Moving Water Industries Corp. has asked the D.C. Circuit to reverse a finding that it violated the False Claims Act while securing $74 million in loans to fund Nigeria's purchase of its pumping equipment, arguing that it didn't know commissions it had paid exceeded "regular" amounts.
January 16, 2015
The government implored the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday to hold Moving Water Industries Corp. responsible for $15 million in damages under the False Claims Act for its role in allegedly filing false documents to support loans from the U.S. Export-Import Bank to ease Nigeria's purchase of $74.3 million in irrigation and pumping equipment.