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Supreme Court Confirms That the Federal Claims Act Applies to the FCC's E-rate Program
Last Friday, in Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Heath, the Supreme Court unanimously held that requests for ...
Education Week10d
Schools May Get Relief From Overcharges After Supreme Court Ruling on E-Rate
The federal E-rate program that funds internet connections in education is subject to a major anti-fraud statute, potentially ...
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Supreme Court Rules E-Rate Reimbursement Requests Are “Claims” Under the False Claims Act
Heath and its potential implications for other public-private programs. The case involved the Education-Rate (E-Rate) program, which was established under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to ...
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Extreme Expands E-Rate Eligible Solutions to Include Extreme Platform ONE, Empowering K-12 to Uplevel Digital Learning and Scale IT Operations
Extreme's E-Rate eligible solutions, now including Extreme Platform ONE, create foundation for digital learning, help lower ...
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Supreme Court Rules Against AT&T Entity in False Claims Suit Over E-Rate Program
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court held Friday that a whistleblower can bring a federal False Claims Act lawsuit against an AT&T subsidiary over reimbursements from an industry-funded program to ...
New push to limit PG&E rate increases in California
There’s a new push to limit just how much and how often utility companies can raise rates in California. This comes after ...