United States ex rel. Foreman v. AECOM, No. 20-2756 (2d Cir. 2021)
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Plaintiff filed suit on behalf of the United States under the False Claims Act (FCA) against AECOM, alleging that AECOM submitted fraudulent claims for payment to the government. Specifically, plaintiff alleges that AECOM overstated its man-hour utilization rate, improperly billed the government for labor not actually performed, and failed to properly track government property, resulting in significant financial costs and government waste.
The Second Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of most claims, but concluded that the district court's materiality analysis of plaintiff's 31 U.S.C. 3729(a)(1)(A)-(B) claims premised on the labor billing allegations was flawed because the district court improperly relied on materials extraneous to the complaint. The court also concluded that the public disclosure bar does not provide an alternative basis to affirm. Accordingly, the court vacated the judgment, reversed the district court's dismissal of the section 3729(a)(1)(A)-(B) claims premised on the labor billing allegations; affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff's other claims; and remanded for further proceedings.
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