Academic May Pursue FCA Retaliation Claim | Virginia Lawyers Weekly

Academic May Pursue FCA Retaliation Claim | Virginia Lawyers Weekly:
A post-doctoral fellow conducting research at U.Va.'s Department of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences who alleges his appointment was not renewed because he complained about his supervisor's fraudulent allocation of levels of effort on a particular government grant withstands summary judgment on his retaliation claim under the False Claims Act, but the Charlottesville U.S. District Court grants summary judgment on his § 1983 claim alleging violation of his First Amendment rights.

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