DC Circuit: United States v. Philip Morris USA Inc.


FCA

Relator's FCA action barred due to prior disclosure of the general practice.

Court-ordered disclosures are sufficient to trigger the bar.

Ancillary contractual violations would have been discovered after the principal one was revealed.

Competitor's knowledge of practices was secondhand, as he had no affiliation with the deft.

United States v. Philip Morris USA Inc.
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