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Civil Litigation,
Government

May 8, 2019

Expert witness was attorney for relator when case was filed

In an increasingly unusual case brought under the False Claims Act, an expert witness admitted Tuesday to previously working as an attorney for the relator when the case was originally filed in 2014.

Expert witness was attorney for relator when case was filed
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Fitzgerald

LOS ANGELES -- In an increasingly unusual case brought under the False Claims Act, an expert witness admitted Tuesday to previously working as an attorney for the relator when the case was originally filed in 2014.

The defendant, business owner Tony Hang and his company Unichem, have been accused by the relator, David Ji, of defrauding the U.S. government by intentionally mislabeling tons of the supplement and food additive glycine ...

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