Coy v. Virginia Employment Commission

How courts have described this case

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• “‘[A]lthough the plaintiff need not establish that [the employer] actually violated the FCA, she must show that her allegations of fraud grew out of a reasonable belief in such fraud.’”
• “In the absence of direct evidence of retaliatory motive, as here, ‘[t]he familiar McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework applies to [FCA] retaliation claims.’ ” (quoting Scott v. Metro. Health Corp., 234 Fed.Appx. 341, 346 (6th Cir. 2007)
• “Given our conclusion that [the plaintiff] has failed to [establish] … whether she engaged in protected activity, we need not address the other prongs required to establish a prima facie case [of retaliation under the FCA].”
• discussing statutory definition pre- and post-amendment

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