Author: Angela Porter

Angela Porter is an associate and a commercial litigator before federal and state courts. Her primary areas of focus include Class Action Litigation, Health Litigation and Insurance Law. Angela also provides pro bono legal services to low-income tenants and local non-profit organizations.

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Second Circuit Finds FCA Claims about Night-Vision Goggles Lack Sufficient Particularity

On Wednesday, May 25, 2016, the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision to dismiss FCA claims alleging that defendants supplied $1.5 billion worth of deficient night-vision goggles to the U.S. military.  United States ex rel. Ladas v. Exelis Inc. et al., No. 14-4155 (2d Cir. May 25, 2016).  The court found that the relator, Michael Ladas, failed to plead the fraud claims with sufficient...

California Court Permits FCA Claim Involving Medicare “Referral and Regeneration” Scheme to Proceed Against Healthcare CEO

In a recent opinion, the Northern District of California allowed FCA claims to proceed against the CEO of a skilled nursing facility operator.  John Orten, the whistleblower in the suit, was a former nursing home administrator for North American Health Care, Inc. (NAHC).  Orten claimed that he had witnessed the CEO of NAHC, John Sorensen, order company administrators to pay physicians who referred patients to...

Education Management Corporation Settles Significant FCA Claims

Education Management Corporation (EDMC), a Pittsburgh-based company that operates for-profit educational institutions, has agreed to pay $96 million in what attorneys involved in the case claim to be the largest settlement ever in a False Claims Act case involving the Department of Education.  The settlement was announced on November 16, 2015, and it resolved four cases spanning a period of eight years. The cases were...