If you all remember, during the last class before spring break, I mentioned a case in which a university had been sued under the False Claims Act for fraudulent submissions to the NIH. The case is U.S. ex rel Zissler v University of Minnesota.  (Zissler sued as a qui tam relator, and the U.S. intervened and took over the action.)

Here’s the Eighth Circuit opinion: http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-8th-circuit/1349506.html

And the University of Minnesota eventually settled the case with the U.S. government for $32M!!! Here’s a link from the DOJ about the settlement: http://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/1998/November/549civ.htm