United States ex rel. Smith v. VMware
CPM recovered $75.5 million for taxpayers from VMware, Inc., in a qui tam suit alleging misrepresentations to the federal General Services Administration (GSA). The settlement represents one of the five largest recoveries against a technology company in the history of the False Claims Act. The lawsuit alleged that VMware and Carahsoft defrauded the government by furnishing the GSA with inaccurate pricing, inaccurate disclosures, and incomplete information about sales of VMware products to non-governmental customers. Niall P. McCarthy and Justin T. Berger were selected as a finalist for Consumer Attorney of the Year for their work on this case.
