Officials Informed of Alleged Fraud Could Plausibly Have Influenced Decision to Terminate Relator’s Employment; United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division No. 3:19-CV-1883-B, Christy Nichols v. Baylor Research Institute et al.

The district court granted in part the defendants’ motion to dismiss claims of unlawful retaliation, finding that the relator’s internal complaints about noncompliance with federal grant agreements did not allege the defendants were committing fraud, and therefore did not amount to protected activity.