False Claims Archives - PA Coalition for Civil Justice Reform https://paforciviljusticereform.org/category/top-stories/false-claims/ Improving the state's civil justice system Tue, 04 Apr 2017 14:39:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 False Claims Act https://paforciviljusticereform.org/2017/03/16/false-claims-act-bill-to-be-introduced-again-sponsor-confident-in-passage-if-he-can-get-it-to-a-vote/ https://paforciviljusticereform.org/2017/03/16/false-claims-act-bill-to-be-introduced-again-sponsor-confident-in-passage-if-he-can-get-it-to-a-vote/#respond Thu, 16 Mar 2017 15:38:43 +0000 https://paforciviljusticereform.org/?p=562 A staple of recent annual legislative sessions has been the introduction of a state equivalent to the federal False Claims Act (FCA), and one Pennsylvania lawmaker has said he plans to soon bring such a bill back to the floor for consideration. But opinions remain divided on how that legislation will benefit the state. Democratic…

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