February 06, 2020
A Washington federal judge on Wednesday stood behind an earlier decision to hand out sanctions amounting to more than $10,000 to an attorney who helped a former tribal health executive mount a "frivolous" False Claims Act case against the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe.
October 10, 2019
More than three years after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Escobar decision, courts continue to wrangle with how to interpret the ruling in False Claims Act suits, including in a spate of recent cases addressing two key questions the justices left open.
August 30, 2019
A Washington federal judge has handed three Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe officials a win in a suit brought by a former tribal health executive, saying he couldn't show they defrauded the federal government or improperly fired him under the False Claims Act.
June 07, 2019
Three Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe officials urged a Washington federal judge Thursday to hand them a quick win in a suit brought by a former tribal health executive, saying he couldn't show they defrauded the federal government or improperly fired him under the False Claims Act.
April 26, 2018
A federal judge on Thursday struck down a request by individuals being sued by a former Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe health executive in a False Claims Act suit to force the ex-employee to respond to certain discovery requests.
March 22, 2017
A federal judge Tuesday tossed False Claims Act allegations that a former health executive asserted against the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington, but let his claims against a health clinic and three individuals carry on.
February 14, 2017
A former health executive of the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington asked a federal judge Monday not to toss his False Claims Act suit against the tribe, saying that as a statute of general applicability, the act applies to the tribe in suits brought by or on behalf of the United States.
February 01, 2017
A federal judge on Tuesday refused to issue a temporary restraining order against a former health executive of the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington who was allegedly engaged in a pattern of harassment toward those he is targeting in a False Claims Act suit, calling the tribe's TRO bid frivolous.