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6 Mar 2020, 3:44 pm by luiza
In comments at the 2020 FBA Qui Tam conference, the Department of Justice reaffirmed its strong commitment to pursuing fraud under the False Claims Act and emphasized its particular focus on rooting out healthcare fraud. [read post]
7 Mar 2013, 4:20 am by Ben Vernia
., will pay a combined $22.5 million to settle civil and criminal allegations first raised in a whistleblower’s qui tam complaint; the whistleblower, who pleaded guilty, will receive none of the settlement, DOJ also announced. [read post]
2 Dec 2021, 10:45 am by Dan Bressler
“New York City claims conflict of interest in request to disqualify Sidley Austin” — “Last week’s intervention by the city of New York to disqualify a law firm from a qui tam case involving alleged price fixing of municipal bonds brings conflicts of interest to the forefront of already prolonged and complex litigation. [read post]
9 Jan 2020, 11:43 am by luiza
2019 was another strong year for whistleblowers, who once again collectively recovered billions of dollars for the government and hundreds of millions of dollars in whistleblower rewards through their filing of lawsuits under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. [read post]
13 Apr 2023, 4:15 am by Michael Rosenblat
Long awaited victory on a qui tam False Claims Act case filed in 2013. [read post]
21 Oct 2016, 7:47 am by Ben Vernia
., the country’s largest long-term care pharmacy, had agreed to pay over $28 million to settle two qui tam suits’ allegations that the company received kickbacks from the manufacturer of the anticonvulsant drug Depakote, Abbott Labs. [read post]
29 Aug 2024, 9:31 am by Stephen D. Tobin
On August 22, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint-in-intervention in a previously filed whistleblower suit under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA) against the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Georgia Tech Research Corp. [read post]
9 Jan 2020, 11:43 am by luiza
2019 was another strong year for whistleblowers, who once again collectively recovered billions of dollars for the government and hundreds of millions of dollars in whistleblower rewards through their filing of lawsuits under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. [read post]
17 Oct 2018, 6:33 am by Ben Vernia
On October 1, the Department of Justice announced that AmerisourceBergen Corp. has agreed to pay $625 million to resolve civil allegations, originally brought by whistleblowers in three qui tam suits, that the company had illegally repackaged oncology drugs. [read post]
2 Oct 2008, 8:00 am
Rost's first complaint because "the complaint does not give notice to Pfizer of false claims submitted by others for federal reimbursement of off-label uses, only of illegal practices in promotion of the drug...Many pharmaceutical qui tam cases fail to meet this hurdle, since it is virtually impossible to get detailed patient information proving fraud without violating patient confidentiality law, called HIPAA.In this case Rost was able to overcome this hurdle, which will… [read post]
10 Aug 2011, 7:00 am
Recent Increase in Whistleblower Complaints Reported to SEC The National Whistleblower Center conducted a study of cases filed under the False Claims Act between 2007 and 2010 and found that about 90% of employees who filed a qui tam case first reported their complaints internally. [read post]
22 Mar 2018, 1:23 pm by bcutterlaw
Our attorneys have extensive experience in qui tam and whistleblower litigation and have brought many corporations to justice, with millions of dollars of settlements. [read post]
29 Jan 2018, 2:55 pm by Benjamin Christenson
Whether the qui tam complaint duplicates a preexisting government investigation and adds no new information to the investigation. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 10:09 am by LaBovick Law
Recently, the drug maker, UCB has agreed to settle a qui tam lawsuit regarding the epilepsy drug Keppra,  for $34.4 million. [read post]
27 Nov 2020, 6:00 am by Deontae Wherry
Under the qui tam provision, a private individual, such as an employee, may bring a qui tam action on behalf of the government, which is initiated by the private individual filing a sealed complaint of fraud based on private knowledge about the fraud. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 10:09 am by LaBovick Law
Recently, the drug maker, UCB has agreed to settle a qui tam lawsuit regarding the epilepsy drug Keppra,  for $34.4 million. [read post]