United States of America Ex Rel. Hassan Foreman v. AECOM

── United States of America Ex Rel. Hassan Foreman v. AECOM ── Case No.: 25-1070 Court: Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Date: March 19, 2026 Category: General 25-1070 United States of America ex rel. Hassan Foreman v. AECOM UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT SUMMARY ORDER RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT’S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOTATION “SUMMARY ORDER”). A PARTY CITING A SUMMARY ORDER MUST SERVE A COPY OF IT ON ANY PARTY NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL. At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York, on the 19th day of March, two thousand twenty-six. PRESENT: REENA RAGGI, DENNY CHIN, MYRNA PÉREZ, Circuit Judges. ________________________________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel. HASSAN FOREMAN, Plaintiff- Appellant, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. No. 25-1070 AECOM, AECOM GOVERNMENT 1 SERVICES, INC., AC FIRST, LLC, AECOM/GSS LTD, DBA GLOBAL SOURCING SOLUTIONS, INC., Defendants-Appellees.* ________________________________________ FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT: DANIEL F. OLEJKO (Jeffrey R. Bragalone, on the brief), Bragalone Olejko Saad PC, Dallas TX FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES: JENNA M. DABBS (Kate L. Doniger, Maximillian L. Feldman, Reed M. Keefe, on the brief), Hecker Fink LLP, New York, NY Appeal from a March 26, 2025 judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Stanton, J.). UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment of the District Court is AFFIRMED. Plaintiff-Appellant Hassan Foreman, as a qui tam relator, sued Defendants- Appellees AECOM, AECOM Government Services, Inc., AC First, LLC, and AECOM/GSS Ltd. d/b/a Global Sourcing Solutions, Inc. (collectively “AECOM”), asserting several claims under the False Claims Act (“FCA”). The District Court granted AECOM summary judgment, and this appeal followed. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts, procedural history, and issues on appeal, which we reference only as necessary to explain our decision to affirm. * The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to amend the caption accordingly. 2  I. Background AECOM entered into an agreement with the United States government to provide services to the United States Army in Afghanistan. Foreman, a former AECOM employee, brought suit under the FCA, alleging AECOM submitted false claims for payment in relation to its contract with the United States government. In particular, Foreman argues AECOM did not abide by its contractual obligations related to timekeeping and the qualifications and vetting of certain personnel, and that its submissions for payment constituted false certifications of its compliance with the contract’s terms. On a prior appeal, this Court remanded the claims “premised on AECOM’s improper labor billing violations” because the District Court imp