Supreme Court to Hear State Farm’s Appeal of Katrina False Claims Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear an appeal by State Farm contesting a jury finding that the insurance company defrauded the federal government when assessing damage caused by Hurricane...
View ArticleSupreme Court Muddies Healthcare Liability Waters
The Supreme Court is supposed to take appellate cases to make the law clearer. Last week’s opinion on healthcare fraud had the opposite effect. Instead of spelling out exactly when a misrepresentation...
View ArticleSupreme Court Justices Question State Farm Appeal of Katrina Jury Verdict
The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared unlikely to throw out a jury verdict against State Farm that found the insurance company defrauded the U.S. government when it assessed damage caused by Hurricane...
View ArticleFalse Claims Settlements in 2016 Top $4.7 Billion: Justice Department
The Department of Justice obtained more than $4.7 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in fiscal year 2016. This is the third...
View ArticleBaxter to Pay $18M Over Mold at North Carolina Plant
Baxter International has agreed to pay $18 million to resolve its criminal and civil liability over claims its unit ignored mold in air filters at a plant where sterile intravenous solutions were made,...
View ArticleLance Armstrong Loses Bid to Stop $100M Federal lawsuit
A federal judge has refused to block the government’s $100 million lawsuit against Lance Armstrong, putting the former cyclist on course for trial in a 2010 case stemming from his performance-enhancing...
View ArticleWhistleblower Loses Out on $864M Moody’s Ratings Settlement
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a whistleblower lawsuit by a former Moody’s Investors Service managing director and said he deserves none of the $863.8 million that Moody’s agreed to pay to...
View ArticleCourt Revives Whistleblower Claim Against Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Co. faces a new legal worry after a federal appeals court last Thursday revived a whistleblower lawsuit by two former employees who said they were fired for trying to report...
View ArticleLawyer Pleads Guilty to Trying to Sell Sealed Whistleblower Lawsuits
A former partner at a major law firm in Washington pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges that he tried to sell copies of sealed whistleblower lawsuits against corporations that he obtained while...
View ArticleJustice Department Seeks Dismissals of ‘Meritless’ Whistleblower Suits
The U.S. Justice Department has issued a memo that lawyers say could result in fewer whistleblowers being allowed to pursue lawsuits on the agency’s behalf against companies accused of defrauding the...
View ArticleSupreme Court Won’t Hear Bid to Reinstate Trinity Guardrail Fraud Judgment
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a whistleblower’s bid to revive a $663.4 million judgment against Trinity Industries Inc. in a lawsuit accusing the company of failing to tell a federal...
View ArticleLouisiana Hospital Owners, Operators to Settle Whistleblower Case for $530K
A whistleblower claim brought a $530,000 settlement from a Louisiana hospital. A news release from U.S. Attorney David Joseph says the claim targeted owners and operators of University Health Hospital...
View ArticleNew York Sues Sotheby’s for Helping Client Escape Sales Taxes on Artwork
Sotheby’s was sued on Friday by New York’s attorney general, who accused the auction house of defrauding the state by helping an important client avoid millions of dollars of sales taxes on art he...
View ArticleU.S. Fraud Crackdown Eroding Private Equity’s Liability Shield
Insiders said one company pushed unnecessary pain medication to the U.S. military; another promoted an unproven treatment for children with cancer; and a third used unlicensed counselors to treat poor...
View ArticleMassachusetts Eye and Ear to Pay $2.6M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates Inc. and the Foundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Inc., collectively referred to as Massachusetts Eye and Ear,...
View ArticleSuit Filed Against 11 N.Y. Skilled Nursing Facilities for Fraud, Unnecessary...
A civil healthcare fraud lawsuit against 11 New York-based skilled nursing facilities alleges that they fraudulently inflated Medicare reimbursements by prolonging patient stays without regard to...
View Article$750K Settlement Reached with Texas Physicians Group over False Claims
The U.S. Justice Department has reached a settlement agreement with a physicians group in El Paso over allegations of violating the false claims act. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District...
View ArticleSotheby’s Must Face New York Claims It Helped Rich Collector Dodge Taxes
Sotheby’s must face a lawsuit by New York’s attorney general accusing the auction house of fraudulently helping a wealthy art collector dodge millions of dollars of sales taxes, a state judge has...
View ArticleCommercial Liability Insurers Face Growing Number of False Claims Act Cases
A growing number of False Claims Act investigations combined with recent court decisions that found insurers liable for the cost of settlements may spell trouble for commercial liability insurers....
View ArticleBus Firm Reaches $20M False Claims Act Settlement With New Jersey Transit
A bus company accused of overcharging New Jersey Transit for missed trips and over-billing for hours and miles driven will pay more than $20 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the state, the...
View ArticleOklahoma Hospital to Pay $1.1M to Settle False Claims Act Violations
Oklahoma Heart Hospital South, LLC has paid $1,151,770.50 to settle civil claims stemming from allegations it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare, announced United...
View ArticleAppeals Court Reverses Verdict Against Surgeon in Spinal Implant Kickback Case
A federal appellate court overturned a $5.5 million jury verdict against a Missouri orthopedic surgeon who is accused in a whistleblower lawsuit of taking kickbacks from a spinal implant distributor...
View ArticleIowa Metal Manufacturer Settles $500,000 False Claims Act Lawsuit
A southwest Iowa company that makes metal castings used by military contractors in helicopters and other equipment has reached a settlement in a lawsuit alleging the company failed to test the castings...
View ArticleBiogen Agrees to Pay $900M to Resolve Kickback Claims
A Biogen Inc. whistle-blower will collect almost $250 million for bringing to light a kickback scheme the company agreed to resolve by paying the US and state governments $900 million. The settlement...
View ArticleRite Aid Faces Securities Suit Over Allegedly Filling Unlawful Opioid...
A Rite Aid Corp. shareholder on March 20 filed a securities class action lawsuit against the company as well as former and current executives, alleging Rite Aid has given false or misleading statements...
View Article7th Circuit: D&O Insurer Must Pay Settlement for Drugmaker’s Kickback Case
Federal Insurance Co. must pay the $10 million policy limit in a directors and officers policy issued to Astellas Pharma, despite the carrier’s assertion that Illinois public policy forbids it from...
View ArticleTwo Florida Pharmacies to Pay $7.4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act...
Jacksonville’s Smart Pharmacy, Inc., SP2, LLC, and owner Gregory Balotin have agreed to pay at least $7.4 million to resolve lawsuits filed in Jacksonville, Florida, alleging they violated the False...
View ArticleTexas Seeks Millions From Planned Parenthood in Suit Against Abortion Provider
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) __ Texas wants Planned Parenthood to give back millions of dollars in Medicaid reimbursements – and pay far more in fines on top of that – in a lawsuit that appears to be the first...
View ArticleGE Settles Claims a Massachusetts Plant Sold Improperly Inspected Parts to...
General Electric’s aerospace unit agreed on Monday to pay $9.4 million to settle federal government claims that a Massachusetts plant sold parts to the U.S. Army and Navy that were not properly...
View ArticleDelaware Hospital System to Pay $47 Million to Settle Billing Fraud Claims
Delaware’s largest hospital system will pay more than $47 million to settle whistleblower allegations by its former compliance officer that it provided kickbacks to outside doctors in return for...
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