Direct Inside Knowledge of Kickback Scheme Helps Relator Avoid Public Disclosure Bar; U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit No. 18-1487, U.S. ex rel. James Banigan v. PharMerica, et al.

The Fifth Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a qui tam case alleging healthcare fraud, finding that one of the relators qualified as an original source of the alleged misconduct.