Twenty-eight states – Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana , Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin – as well as the District of Columbia have their own versions of the False Claims Act. In those places, whistleblowers can recover money against defendants who commit fraud against state and local governments. Maryland has enacted a False Health Claims Act that has an effective date of October 1, 2010. Phillips & Cohen has successfully pursued qui tam cases brought under state laws against companies and individuals defrauding state and local government agencies.
