{"id":3611,"date":"2015-01-05T10:10:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T15:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/?p=3611"},"modified":"2020-09-23T05:38:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T09:38:13","slug":"counterclaim-survives-qui-tam-whistleblower-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/counterclaim-survives-qui-tam-whistleblower-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Counterclaim Survives in Qui Tam Whistleblower Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A federal court in Pennsylvania recently ruled that counterclaims against the whistleblower filed by the target of a whistleblower action can survive. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in <i>United States of America ex rel. Lorraine Notorfransesco v. Surgical Monitoring Association, Inc., et al.<\/i> (Tucker, C.J.) has denied a motion by the whistleblower, Lorraine Notorfransesco, to dismiss counterclaims made by her former employer, Surgical Monitoring Association (\u201cSMA\u201d). \u00a0While the recent ruling seems to suggest that potential whistleblowers would be dissuaded from \u201cblowing the whistle\u201d for fear of being retaliated, the ruling is not exactly as controversial as it seems.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/counterclaim-survives-qui-tam-whistleblower-action\/#more-3611\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal court in Pennsylvania recently ruled that counterclaims against the whistleblower filed by the target of a whistleblower action can survive. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in United States of America ex rel. Lorraine Notorfransesco v. 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