( October 26, 2026, 11:04 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a summary judgment ruling for a South Carolina private school in a suit by a former board member who alleged violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) for his removal from the board for investigating the school’s purported misuse of federal COVID-19 funds, finding that because the member was not an agent of the school, he cannot assert a claim for retaliation under the FCA....