May 27, 2015
Colette Matzzie in Reuters, 5/27/15.
That holding, said whistleblower lawyer Colette Matzzie of Phillips & Cohen, is a “tremendous victory.” It’s quite common in FCA litigation, she said, for dismissed first suits to be followed by new complaints that flesh out or expand upon the original allegations. The Supreme Court’s decision will permit the government to continue to collect in such cases, she said.
“Whistleblowers dodge disaster in Supreme Court’s KBR decision.”