· 12/28/2006
Sharon Lang v. Northwestern University and Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation
Citations
- 472 F.3d 493
- 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 31916
- 2006 WL 3802831
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding that former employee did not know “about any concrete false statement made to the Federal Reserve or any other federal agency”
- affirming district court's decision that plaintiff \played the part of Chicken Little\ by imagining fraud with no reasonable basis or proof behind her belief
- upholding the district court’s grant of summary judgment against an employee’s FCA retaliation claim
- The FCA protects only “objectively reasonable reports,” not an “employee . . . who just imagines fraud but lacks proof.”
- The FCA protects only “objectively reasonable reports,” not an “employee . . . who just imagines fraud but lacks proof.”
- The FCA protects only “objectively reasonable reports,” not an “employee . . . who just imagines fraud but lacks proof.”
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Judges: Easterbrook, Kanne, Sykes
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