First Circuit Holds That, for Original Source Exception to the False Claims Act’s Public Disclosure Bar to Apply, Information Supplied Must Be “Significant” or “Essential”

On June 30, 2016, the First Circuit addressed the kinds of information that a relator must provide to qualify as an original source to avoid dismissal under the False Claims Act’s (“FCA”) public disclosure bar. In United States ex rel. Winkelman v....
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