Clarissa Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates, LLC, No. 24-13581 (11th Cir. Sept. 1, 2026), opinion

Eleventh Circuit published opinion, Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates, No. 24-13581, 1 Sep 2026 (18 pp.): procedural history of Dr Clarissa Zafirov's 2019 qui tam suit over Medicare diagnosis codes, the 2024 district court ruling that qui tam violates the Appointments Clause, and the appeals court's reversal and remand (Take Care and Vesting Clause arguments left open); FCA background (60-day seal, intervention, relator share up to 30%); historical analysis of founding-era qui tam statutes. No statistics. Case and both events were already recorded; added the relator-share rule as the court states it. The 60-day seal period has no rule type in the data model and is not recorded. Same file (identical SHA-256) as usa-ca11-zafirov-opinion-2026; extracted once, here.