It’s All Material Now - The California False Claim Act’s Role In Public Project Litigation
by John P. McGill
If you work on public projects then you are likely aware of the False Claim Act and what it means; for those of you who do public works but don’t know this law, you should. The California False Claim Act (CFCA) is modeled on the Federal False Claim Act (FCA), which has been around since the Civil War. Both the FCA and the CFCA are used to penalize contractors that over bill the government for work they perform. The FCA has been used against contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, sometimes effectively, sometimes not so much.