Opinion ID: 6938561
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Heading: The FCA Discharged Employee Protection Provision

Text: At the time that Hyatt’s original complaint was filed, the FCA did not include a discharged employee protection provision. However, the October 1986 amendments to the Act added subsection 3730(h), which provides a cause of action for employees who are retaliated against for actions taken “in furtherance of’ a FCA action. 31 U.S.C. § 3730(h) (1986). In 1987, Hyatt brought another action which added a claim under the new FCA discharged employee protection provision. The district court granted Northrop’s motion for summary judgment on the FCA discharged employee protection claim, holding that § 3730(h) did not apply “to Northrop’s termination of Hyatt, because Northrop’s action was taken before the new law took effect.”