( August 11, 2026, 2:01 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on Aug. 10 denied a pharmaceutical company’s motion to dismiss a suit filed against it by a former sales representative who alleges that the company violated the False Claims Act (FCA), similar state law and state sex discrimination laws by firing her after she complained about being forced to work in a “sexually charged environment,” finding that the former representative plausibly alleged protected activity under the FCA....