United States of America ex rel. Lenora Jones, et al. v. Collegiate Funding Services, Inc., et al.
Mar 14, 2012OUTCOME: The Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court's dismissal. 469 Fed.Appx. 244 (4th Cir. 2012).
Former employees, as relators, brought qui tam action against student loan lender and servicing company, alleging claims under the False Claims Act (FCA). The United States District Court for the Easte ... rn District of Virginia granted the defendants' motion to dismiss. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that (1) relators based their allegations on public disclosures, thereby precluding claims under the public disclosure bar of the FCA, and (2) relators failed to plead fraud claims with requisite particularity.
