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Law360
BREAKING: Justices ruled unanimously that telecoms participating in the federal E-Rate program supporting school and library connectivity can be sued for excess payouts under the False Claims Act because funds are provided through the U.S. Treasury. https://t.co/h2xn9clr8J
Bloomberg Law The US Supreme Court ruled against Wisconsin Bell in its bid to avoid a whistleblower suit that accuses it of submitting false claims for reimbursement to a government program that subsidizes the internet for schools and libraries. https://t.co/VaHqTHBq2s
Josh Gerstein JUST IN: #SCOTUS takes expansive view of False Claims Act, ruling that requests for FCC ERate funding can give rise to FCA Suit. Unanimous BUT Kavanaugh and Thomas ring bell that the private-filing (qui tam) provisions of the law may be unconstitutional https://t.co/E7DKDYNKx8 https://t.co/lUr0VW0LfN
