False Claims Act Update & Alert
	Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund | Washington, D.C. | WWW.TAF.ORG           April 1, 2011
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		Subscribe to this FREE Newsletter Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz n TAF Home Page n Previous Newsletters n Email editor   Please take a moment to forward this FREE electronic newsletter to others that might be interested!	It's Not Free Speech When You're Paid The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a claim by the American Civil Liberties Union that argued that the seal provisions of the False Claims Act violate the First Amendment. The court noted that whistleblower are free to talk about “the underlying fraud,” they just can’t mention they’ve filed a False Claims Act action and also expect to get a whistleblower award. The plaintiffs in this case could not name a single whistleblower who wanted to break the seal on their own case, and so the court also rejected this claim for lack of standing. The TAF Education Fund, as well as DoJ, filed an amicus (PDF) in supporting of the winning side. >> To read more
			Register Today for the TAF-EF IRS Whistleblower Boot Camp! Space for this year's IRS Whistleblower Boot Camp is filling up quickly and no wonder -- billions of dollars in claimed underpayments have already been reported to the IRS, and hundreds of new claims are being filed every year.  Bottom Line: If you have not yet signed up for the TAF Education Fund's Third IRS Whistleblower Boot Camp, to be held on April 12, you need to do so TODAY. >> For more information  >> To register
			Public Interest Advocacy Fellowship Are you a recent college grad contemplating a career in the legal field?  If so, you might want to apply for the Public Interest Advocacy Fellowship with the TAF Education Fund. The fellow will be expected to research and summarize  legal documents, including recent FCA cases, settlement agreements, complaints, and motions. >> To read more
			Between Iraq and a Hard Place KBR and its subcontractors hired private security guards in Iraq and billed DoD for these protective services despite specific orders from DoD not to do so. KBR is now looking at a massive FCA lawsuit which the Department of Justice has joined. >> To read more
			Agility Faces Criminal, Civil Charges Agility, aka Public Warehouse, has been the largest supplier to the U.S. Army in the Middle East during the war in Iraq. Now the company faces both civil and criminal fraud charges for price-gouging. Agility appears to be anxious to pay over $600 million to settle the civil charges, but they are fighting criminal prosecution tooth-and-claw. >> To read more
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