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PLAINTIFF-RELATOR BROUGHT A QUI TAM ACTION (ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT) AGAINST A BANK ALLEGING VIOLATION OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW; THE QUI TAM ACTION WAS DISMISSED FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM; EVEN THOUGH THE CITY SETTLED WITH THE BANK IN A RELATED ACTION, PLAINTIFF-RELATOR WAS NOT ENTITLED TO A PERCENTAGE OF THE SETTLEMENT (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Singh, determined the plaintiff-relator, who brought a qui tam action against a bank alleging the bank violated the State Finance Law (re: foreign currency exchanges), was not entitled to a percentage of the related settlement reached by the bank and the city. The plaintiff-relator’s qui tam action had been dismissed for failure to state a claim which, pursuant to the terms of the relevant statute, precluded sharing in the settlement:

… [T]he City reached a $30 million settlement with defendants. The City made an offer of payment to relator. Relator rejected the offer, asserting that under the NYFCA, it was entitled to no less than 15% of the monies received. …

The NYFCA [New York False Claims Act] tracks the federal False Claims Act (31 USC § 3729 et seq.) (the Federal FCA). Accordingly, it is appropriate to look to federal law to interpret the NYFCA … . Federal authority holds that a relator who fails to state a viable claim under the Federal FCA is not entitled to recovery in an action brought by the government, even where that recovery stems from claims that overlap with the dismissed qui tam claims … . We are persuaded by this precedent and find that relator may not receive compensation under the NYFCA when its claims have been dismissed for failure to state a cause of action. Comptroller of the City of N.Y. v Bank of N.Y. Mellon Corp., 2021 NY Slip Op 06033, First Dept 11-4-21

 

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