A lawsuit suit alleging that Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc. defrauded Medicaid should continue because ending it “would blow a hole in the FCA,” a whistleblower told an appeals court.
Planned Parenthood contends that the whistleblower’s False Clams Act suit is barred by attorney immunity because the alleged misconduct occurred in the organization’s litigation and law department, which is a “captive law firm” within Planned Parenthood.
But the organization isn’t entitled to the “broad immunity” it seeks, which would allow any corporation that involves attorney-employees in misconduct to avoid accountability, the whistleblower—known as Alex Doe—told the US Court of ...