Supreme Court permits Justice Department to dismiss whistleblower lawsuits.

The US Supreme Court has upheld the Justice Department's power to dismiss whistleblower lawsuits filed under the False Claims Act, which allows whistleblowers to sue businesses on behalf of the government to recover taxpayer money paid to companies based on false claims. The ruling allows the government to dismiss lawsuits lacking merit, even if the whistleblower objects. The decision was made in a lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group's Executive Health Resources unit, which was accused of defrauding Medicare. The False Claims Act has resulted in $48.2 billion in recoveries from 1987 to 2021, with most of the money coming from cases in which the government intervened.