United States ex rel Mateski v. Raytheon

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Plaintiff filed a qui tam suit under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. 3729–3733, alleging fraud in the performance of a Government contract. The district court dismissed the suit. The court agreed with plaintiff that the district court erred in holding that the complaint was based upon prior public disclosures and was thus precluded by the public disclosure bar of the FCA. In this case, the complaint alleges fraud that is different in kind and degree from the previously disclosed information about Raytheon’s problems in performing on the contract at issue. As such, if his allegations prove to be true, plaintiff will undoubtedly have been one of those whistle-blowing insiders with genuinely valuable information, rather than an opportunistic plaintiff who has no significant information to contribute. Accordingly, the court reversed and remanded. View "United States ex rel Mateski v. Raytheon" on Justia Law