Sonnenschein partner Kathleen McDermott presents "The False Claims Act, Including New Proposed Amendments" as part of a panel for an ALI-ABA Webinar on April 30.  The Webinar is available as a DVD or mp3 CD-ROM.

From the ALI-ABA Web Site:

The False Claims Act, as well as its state counterparts, has led to significant high stakes litigation involving claims of fraud on the federal purse.  A well organized relators’ bar has been pressing innovative interpretations of the FCA, leading to numerous multi-million dollar judgments and settlements.  For example, just in 2007 alone, there were settlements of $5.3 million involving Oakland City University, $7.6 million against Crane Company, $8.5 million against Burlington, $5.2 million against IBM & PriceWaterhouse Coopers; and $515 million against Bristol-Myers.  In 2006, there was a settlement of $11.5 million against GE, and on and on.