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Ferris v. Afognak Native Corporation et al
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October 19, 2017
A former chief compliance officer at an Alaska Native corporation who allegedly copied privileged documents to use in a False Claims Act suit accusing the company of exploiting a Small Business Administration contracting program was ordered Wednesday to pay nearly $170,000 of the company's attorneys' fees.
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August 14, 2017
An Alaska federal judge on Friday refused to toss a False Claims Act suit contending that an Alaska Native corporation took unfair advantage of a Small Business Administration contracting program for disadvantaged groups, saying the company's alleged misrepresentations about its subsidiaries were material to the agency allowing them to take part in the program.
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July 26, 2017
An Alaska Native corporation has urged a federal judge to reject a bid for emails and other documents in a suit claiming the corporation took unfair advantage of a Small Business Administration contracting program for disadvantaged groups, saying the request would cost millions of dollars to fulfill and is far out of line with what's needed in the case.
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July 06, 2017
A would-be whistleblower pursuing a False Claims Act suit alleging an Alaska Native corporation abused a Small Business Administration contracting program for disadvantaged groups through sham subsidiaries pressed an Alaska federal judge Wednesday to make the company cough up documents he says will help his case.
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June 29, 2017
An Alaska federal judge on Wednesday refused to toss a would-be whistleblower's False Claims Act suit alleging Afognak Native Corp. abused a Small Business Administration contracting program for disadvantaged groups through sham subsidiaries, but did impose sanctions over the use of the company's privileged documents.
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April 20, 2017
Afognak Native Corp. pressed an Alaska federal court on Wednesday to toss a False Claims Act suit by a would-be whistleblower accusing the company of abusing a Small Business Administration contracting program for disadvantaged groups through "sham" subsidiaries, saying the statute didn’t allow the whistleblower to take thousands of pages of the company’s confidential documents.
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March 03, 2017
An Alaska Native corporation urged a federal court on Wednesday to toss a False Claims Act suit by a would-be whistleblower accusing the company of abusing a Small Business Administration contracting program for disadvantaged groups through "sham" subsidiaries, saying the relator tainted the case "beyond repair" by allegedly taking privileged documents.
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January 25, 2017
An Alaska Native corporation urged a federal court on Tuesday to toss a False Claims Act suit by a would-be whistleblower accusing the company of abusing a Small Business Administration contracting program for disadvantaged groups through "sham" subsidiaries, saying the SBA has been informed of the allegations and has continued to award contracts to the subsidiaries.
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January 04, 2017
A would-be whistleblower stood by his federal lawsuit accusing an Alaska Native corporation of abusing a Small Business Administration contracting program for disadvantaged groups through "sham" subsidiaries Tuesday, arguing the case meets the False Claims Act requirements for showing misrepresentations crucial to payment.
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November 29, 2016
An Alaska Native corporation asked a federal judge Monday to toss a False Claims Act lawsuit claiming it took advantage of a Small Business Administration contracting program aimed at disadvantaged groups, saying the alleged misrepresentations weren't material to whether the government would have paid for the contracts at issue.