In 1863, Congress passed the False Claims Act ("FCA") to address problems associated with private contractors who had cheated the federal government throughout the Civil War. United States v. Allison Engine Co., 471 F.3d 610, 614 (6th Cir. 2006). Some...
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Kellogg Brown & Root (“KBR”) had a government contract to supply logistical services to the United States military in Iraq. See U.S. ex rel. Carter v. Halliburton Co., 710 F.3d 171, 174 (4th Cir. 2013). For about three months in 2005,...