Relator Doesn’t Need Magic Words to Allege Medicare Fraud; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division No. 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.