March 02, 2016
AT&T asked a California federal judge Tuesday to definitively toss a $1.4 billion False Claims Act suit accusing the company of overbilling government agencies for cellphone service, saying the whistleblower's third try at a proper complaint still lacked specific allegations of agencies and contracts involved.
October 09, 2015
A California federal judge on Friday tossed a Los Angeles government contractor's False Claims Act case accusing Verizon, Sprint and AT&T of filing $2.56 billion in fraudulent bills, saying the whistleblower failed to answer questions the judge raised when he last dismissed the suit.
September 04, 2015
AT&T Corp., Sprint Communication Co. and Verizon Wireless Inc. relied on "erroneous arguments" in bids to dismiss a whistleblower's False Claims Act allegations that they overcharged the federal government $1.4 billion for carrier services, the government told a California federal court Thursday.
August 27, 2015
A Los Angeles city government contractor asserted Wednesday that his renewed $1.4 billion False Claims Act suit sufficiently alleges AT&T Corp. deliberately denied the federal government discounts given to commercial customers, urging a California federal court Wednesday to ignore AT&T's dismissal bid.
June 05, 2015
A California federal judge on Friday tossed a Los Angeles city government contractor's False Claims Act case accusing Verizon, Sprint Communication Co. and AT&T Corp. of filing $2.6 billion in fraudulent bills, saying he failed to spell out how the defendants allegedly injured the federal government.