San Francisco Chronicle, July 30, 2010 by James Temple
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/30/MNEE1EM0EF.DTL
The fact that the contract was worth hundreds of millions of dollars could propel potential damages toward the upper range seen in these cases, said Eric Talley…. Hundreds of False Claims Act cases are filed each year, but the government tends to throw its full weight behind only the most promising ones, Talley said. “The (Justice Department) has determined this to be meritorious enough to put their own efforts forward, rather than sit on the sidelines,” he said.