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30 Mar 2013, 9:53 pm by Ben Vernia
On March 29, the Department of Justice announced that CDW-G, the government contracting arm of the information technology supplier, CDW, has agreed to pay over $5.66 million to settle claims originally brought by a qui tam relator. [read post]
26 Jan 2014, 11:48 pm by Ben Vernia
On January 24, the Department of Justice announced that two East Tennessee-based orthopedic clinics had agreed to pay $1.85 total to resolve allegations, originally filed by a whistleblower, that they caused the submission of false claims by using reimported pharmaceuticals. [read post]
28 Oct 2018, 5:09 pm by Ben Vernia
On October 26, the Department of Justice announced that it was intervening in three whistleblowers’ suits against a New Jersey-based environmental contractor over cleanup contracts at a government site in northern California. [read post]
6 Dec 2014, 10:40 am by Ben Vernia
On November 25, the Department of Justice announced that the United States had intervened in two whistleblower suits against a Nevada hospice. [read post]
12 Nov 2019, 4:49 pm by Andrew Murray
The Department of Justice made the announcement on October 11, 2019. [read post]
9 Feb 2020, 3:51 pm by Ben Vernia
On January 31, the Department of Justice announced that three companies, accused by a whistleblower of colluding to fix bids for an underperforming loan owned by the Department of Energy, had agreed to pay $29 million to settle the case. [read post]
16 Oct 2015, 4:33 am by Ben Vernia
On October 2, the Department of Justice announced that Atlanta-based Guardian Hospice (and related companies) has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve civil charges, originally brought by a whistleblower, that the company submitted claim for hospice care provided to non-terminally ill Medicare patients. [read post]
2 Dec 2011, 6:06 am by Joe May
Our Highlighted Site of the Week is Gov 2.0 Radio, hosted on blogtalkradio. [read post]
30 Dec 2011, 1:26 pm by John Cozine
The city of Pembroke Pines, Florida passed a lobbyist registration ordinance at the most recent city commission meeting. [read post]
23 Jan 2012, 10:07 am by Sarah Kovit
The Oklahoma State Ethics Commission has approved a rule which creates an exception to the $100 annual gift limit. [read post]
12 Mar 2012, 11:51 am by Joe May
Campaign Finance “The Super PAC Paradox” by Eliza Newlin Carney in Roll Call. [read post]
12 Mar 2012, 8:01 am by admin
FLORIDA: The 2012 session of the Florida legislature adjourned on Friday, March 9th. [read post]
4 Apr 2012, 5:37 am by Elizabeth Bartz
There still might be a few of you out there who remember before BCRA and HLOGA, when we only needed to submit a quarter of a page card as our federal lobbying report. [read post]
3 Jun 2014, 8:54 pm by Ben Vernia
In an unpublished opinion issued on May 22 in US ex rel Paige v BAE Systems, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of two whistleblowers who had appealed a district court ruling dismissing their retaliation claims (brought under the False Claims Act, 31 USC 3730(h)) in favor of arbitration. [read post]
3 Feb 2011, 12:01 pm
Matter of Mazurkiewicz v Pindor-Mazurkiewicz 2011 NY Slip Op 00227 Decided on January 11, 2011 Appellate Division, Second Department  The Second Department held that the Family Court properly denied, without a hearing, father’s petition to modify visitation because his unsubstantiated, conclusory allegations of a change in circumstances were insufficient to warrant a hearing. [read post]
29 Apr 2011, 11:54 am by admin
Matter of Fisher v Nathan 2011 NY Slip Op 03237 Decided on April 19, 2011 Appellate Division, Second Department The family court denied father’s application for a downward modification of his obligation to pay child support arrears for his daughter’s college expenses. [read post]
23 Jun 2013, 4:28 am by Ben Vernia
On June 20, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services released a report concluding that 700 prescribers of drugs reimbursed by Medicare’s Part D program exhibited “questionable” prescribing patterns, including ordering extremely high numbers of prescriptions per beneficiary, having a very large number of pharmacies filling prescriptions, ordering large numbers of Schedules II and III drugs (which are prone to addiction and abuse), prescribing… [read post]