Source document
United States ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates, LLC, No. 8:19-cv-01236-KKM-SPF, Order (Doc. 346)
Has everything in it been taken?
PartialReviewed 8 Oct 2026
Reviewed. Some of what it contains has knowingly not been taken yet.
What is left
Open question for the editor: the order quotes DOJ (2018 speech) that the Department "intervenes in only about 1 in 5 cases that are filed" (p. 5). No indicator exists for an intervention rate and recording it as a percentage would mean converting the ratio. Propose an intervention-rate indicator or confirm it stays out.
What the document holds
District court order (M.D. Fla., Judge Mizelle, 30 Sep 2024, 53 pp.) in U.S. ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates: background on the FCA and qui tam (relator share up to 30%, 15-25%; treble damages and per-claim fines up to almost $28,000), history of qui tam use (3 actions 1943-1986; about 6 a year before 1986; 31 in FY1987 vs 712 in FY2023; 500 non-qui tam matters FY2023; qui tam recoveries over $2.3 billion FY2023 vs roughly $2.3 million in 1988, relayed from DOJ statistics), DOJ intervenes "in only about 1 in 5 cases", facts of Zafirov's case, and the Appointments Clause analysis holding qui tam relators unconstitutionally appointed; case dismissed. Already in the data: event for the ruling. Added: 7 observations, 3 rules, 1 case row.
What it supports
12 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Other documents give different figures in 4 cases involving this one. Both are kept.
Numbers (7)
- Money collected thanks to whistleblowersLimit: USD 2.3 billionFY2023 · US District Court M.D. Fla. 2024Reported by othersUnited States · False Claims Act qui tam provisions
- Money collected thanks to whistleblowersUSD 2.3 millionFY1988 · US District Court M.D. Fla. 2024Reported by othersUnited States · False Claims Act qui tam provisions
- Non-qui tam fraud matters opened500 casesFY2023 · US District Court M.D. Fla. 2024Reported by othersUnited States · False Claims Act qui tam provisions
- Whistleblower tips or submissions received6 casespre-1986 · US District Court M.D. Fla. 2024ClaimUnited States · False Claims Act qui tam provisions
- Whistleblower tips or submissions received712 casesFY2023 · US District Court M.D. Fla. 2024Reported by othersUnited States · False Claims Act qui tam provisions
- Whistleblower tips or submissions received31 casesFY1987 · US District Court M.D. Fla. 2024Reported by othersUnited States · False Claims Act qui tam provisions
- Whistleblower tips or submissions received3 cases1943-1986 · US District Court M.D. Fla. 2024Reported by othersUnited States · False Claims Act qui tam provisions
Cases and awards (1)
Reward rules (3)
- Maximum award sharerelator's award, proceeds of the action (court's summary of 31 U.S.C. 3730(d))30%Date not stated · US District Court M.D. Fla. 2024United States · False Claims Act qui tam provisions
- Maximum award sharerelator share when the action succeeds (court summary; 3730(d)(1), government-intervened cases)25%Date not stated · US District Court M.D. Fla. 2024United States · False Claims Act qui tam provisions
- Minimum award sharerelator share when the action succeeds (court summary; 3730(d)(1), government-intervened cases)15%Date not stated · US District Court M.D. Fla. 2024United States · False Claims Act qui tam provisions
About the document
What it covers Order holding the FCA qui tam provision violates the Appointments Clause and dismissing the relator's case; reported at 751 F. Supp. 3d 1293.
Notes PACER copy via CourtListener RECAP archive.
Source id usa-flmd-zafirov-order-2024 · accessed 3 Oct 2026