Lieff Cabraser partner Nimish R. Desai participated in The Anti-Fraud Coalition’s September 22, 2026 “Fraud in America” podcast exploring the history and current significance of the False Claims Act, especially in wartime defense procurement. The episode discussed how whistleblowers and legal incentives combat fraud, with real case examples illustrating the law’s impact.
Visit https://www.taf.org/podcasts/wartime-fraud/ to view the full episode.
About Nimish R. Desai
A partner in Lieff Cabraser’s San Francisco office, Nimish R. Desai specializes in False Claims Act, class action, and environmental torts, and has helped secure over a billion dollar in settlements through his cases. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyer each year from 2013-2025 and has been repeatedly named to The Best Lawyers in America list in the field of Qui Tam Law.
Nimish currently serves as Chair of the Education Committee for The Anti-Fraud Coalition, the preeminent national whistleblower law organization, and regularly presents to national conferences on FCA topics. In his False Claims Act practice, he has represented whistleblower clients in the healthcare, military contracting, mortgage, and securities industries. In addition to managing numerous under seal matters, Nimish has litigated and won notable cases, including obtaining a $71 million settlement in a case alleging that a health plan and prominent hospitals defrauded the California and the United States of Medicaid funds by allegedly misrepresenting the plans’ medical loss ratio (MLR), and winning a $46 million false billing case settlement from one of California’s largest hospital systems.
About The Anti-Fraud Coalition
The Anti-Fraud Coalition (TAF Coalition) is a public interest, non-profit organization dedicated to defending and empowering whistleblowers who expose fraud on the government and the financial markets and protect public resources by empowering whistleblowers, supporting the legal community, and advocating for robust anti-fraud legislation. TAF Coalition envisions a world where integrity is the standard in government contracting, healthcare, the financial markets, and where those who speak out against fraud and corruption are protected and rewarded. Learn more on the TAF Coalition website.
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