Fair Laboratory Practices Associates v. Quest Diagnostics Inc., the Second Circuit
upheld a Southern District of New York
ruling which dismissed an action brought by the former general counsel of the defendant Unilab Corp., a wholly - owned subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics Inc., as well as his co-relators, Unilab's former CEO and CFO and disqualified them and their external counsel from bringing any
subsequent related qui tam action seeking a whistleblower aware, on the basis that «such measures were necessary to prevent the use of [the former general counsel's] unethical disclosures against defendants.»