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Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Settles False Billing Allegations with U.S. Navy and Coast Guard
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New Jersey Mortgage Lender Settles FCA Claims for $75 Million
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Parking Company Pays Massachusetts $5.6 Million to Settle False Claims Act Case
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Georgia Hospital Pays $2.5 Million for Ambulance Billing Fraud
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Lengthy Vanderbilt Medical Center Medicare Billing Fraud Suit Ends in $6.5 Million Settlement
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Celgene Pays $280 Million to Settle Allegations of Rampant “Off-Label” Drug Promotion
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Florida Doctor to Pay $4 Million to Resolve Allegations of Healthcare Fraud
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In Unusual Settlement, Executives Pay Millions Out-of-Pocket to Resolve False Claims Act Suit Alleging Rehabilitation and Hospice Services Fraud
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Georgia Mortgage Company Settles FCA Case Over Lending Practices
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Pocket ECG Device Companies Over-bill Medicare, Pay $13.4 Million to Resolve FCA Case
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CA Technologies Settles for $10 Million
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Government Intervention in California Hospital Case Unveils Startling Allegations of Fraud
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Mass. Contractors Settle Case Alleging Inflation of MBTA Construction Costs
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Southern Physical Therapists Take Home $800,000 Each for Reporting Fraud
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TeamHealth Settles False Claims Act Case for $60 Million
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Midwest Provider to Pay $18 Million to Settle False Claims Act Suits
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Boston Ambulance Company to Pay $12.7 Million to Settle False Claims Act Case
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Massachusetts Pharmaceutical Company to Pay $350 Million to Settle FCA Lawsuit
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Michigan Mortgage Lender Agrees to Settle FCA Lawsuit for $48 Million
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Vermont Doctor Settles Fraud Case for Unnecessary Pain Management Injections
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Hospital pays $17 million to resolve allegations that it violated Anti-Kickback Statutes and the False Claims Act
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Supreme Court Holds Secrecy Violation Does Not Warrant Dismissal of Compliant
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Greene LLP Wins “Escobar” in First Circuit After Success in U.S. Supreme Court
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Two Whistleblowers Awarded $2.86 Million for Information on DoD Shipping Fraud
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Whistleblowers: Be Wary of Employment Sepration Agreements
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Federal Judge to Decide Fate of False Claims Act Suit Against Cyclist Lance Armstrong
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California Beauty School Pays-out $8 Million Dollars to Settle FCA Suit, Closes
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Spine Device Manufacturer Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit for $585,000
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Georgia-based Anesthesia Provider “Sweet Dreams” Awakened with $1.1 Million Dollar False Claims Act Settlement
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DOJ files False Claims Act suit against DynCorp for Iraq-war overcharges
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Acclarent Medical, Subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, pays $18 million to Settle False Claims Act “Off-Label Promotion” Suit
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Columbia University will pay $9.5 million to Settle FCA Suit Alleging Overcharges for Research
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FCA Lawsuit alleges that Frontier Communications misused Federal funds
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California IT-Provider will pay $5.8 million to Settle FCA Suit
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Mortgage Company Settles Whistleblower Lawsuits for $30 Million
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Substantial Spike in Penalties, “Individual Accountability for Corporate Wrongdoing” Memo Shake-up FCA Stakes
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Medical Device Company Pays-out $8 million to Settle False Claims Act Lawsuit
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Whistleblower Receives $1.4 Million for Information on Fraudulent Construction Billing at Military Bases
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Greene LLP Wins Seminal False Claims Act Decision Before the Supreme Court on Implied Certification
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M&T Bank Agrees to Pay $64 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Case Arising from Lax Lending Practices
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Kentucky Ambulance Company Sued for Alleged False Claims Act Violations
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Greene, LLP Argues Qui Tam Healthcare Whistleblower in U.S. Supreme Court
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Greene LLP False Claims Act Suit Resolved with Millennium Health, LLC Settlement of $227 Million
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PharMerica Whistleblower Collects $1 Million from Drug Kickback Settlement
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New York District Court Closes the Door on Decade Long Schindler FCA Litigation
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Adventist Health System Settles False Claims Act Allegations for $115 Million
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Allegations of Housing and Urban Development Fraud Settle for $29.63 Million
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KMART Pays $1.4 Million to Settle Allegations of Medicare Inducement Fraud
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Fifth Circuit Allows Further Discovery in False Hurricane Katrina Claim
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Mercy Hospital to Pay $5.5 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations
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Affordable Care Act’s “60-Day Rule” Creates False Claims Act Liability for Healthcare Providers
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Pediatric Services of America Reaches Settlement for Failing to Return Overpayments
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Ninth Circuit Narrows the Public Disclosure Bar for Whistleblowers
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Post-Secondary School Settles Allegations of Submitting Falsified Student Information to Qualify for Federal Aid
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Skilled Nursing Facility Resolves Illegal Kickbacks Allegations
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Tuomey Pays $237 Million for FCA Violation of Creation of New Employment Agreements Producing Illegal Payments to Physicians
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Pharmaceutical Companies which Underreported AMPs to Public Health Programs Reach Settlement with DOJ
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Cloud Based Service Provider Reaches Settlement for Failing to Update Pricing and Disclose Discounts to Federal Government
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DaVita Reaches Settlement for Intentionally Wasting Medicine to Receive Higher Reimbursements
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Plaintiffs Establish FCA Liability for Construction Contractor’s Violations
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Inspire Pharmaceuticals Settles Illegal Marketing Case of Non-FDA Approved Medication
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D.C. Hospital to Settle Allegations of Inflated Cost Reporting
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Judge Rules Against Guardrail Production Company for Defrauding Federal Highway Administration
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Justice Department Files False Claims Act Lawsuit against Quicken Loans
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Relator’s Case Alleging Kickbacks and Off-Label Promotion by Cephalon Inc. Allowed to Go Forward
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Direct Endorsement Lender Settles Federal Housing Administration Mortgage Loan Case
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Power Wheelchair Company Settles False Claims Act Case Brought by Whistleblowers
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Fourth Circuit Takes Broad View of Protected Activities in False Claims Act Employer Retaliation Case
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Supreme Court First-to-File Bar Ruling Opens Door for More False Claims Act Whistleblowers
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Kidney Dialysis Provider Settles Allegations of Deliberately Wasting Medicine
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UPS Settles Relator’s Delivery Fraud Case for $25 Million
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California Court Finds that Construction Company’s Requests for Time Extensions and Change Estimates are “Claims” for Payment
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Government Challenges Damages Calculation in an Export-Import Bank Fraud Case
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Relator Alleges that CVS ExtraBucks are Illegal Kickbacks
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Two Relators Terminated for Reporting Significant Violations of the False Claims Act
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Wells Fargo Accused of Defrauding Veterans by Charging Excessive Loan Fees
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AIG Allegedly Undervalued its Subsidiaries in its Bailout Agreements
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AIDS Foundation Allegedly Used Generous Kickbacks to Achieve Referrals
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Medicare Fraud by Amedisys Allegedly Hidden in the Sale of a Home Health and Hospice Business
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Aluminum Importers Settle Allegations of Avoiding Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties on Products from China
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Commerzbank Accused of Falsely Securing $350 Million Loan from the Federal Reserve Bank
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Universal Health Allegedly Defrauded MassHealth Using Unqualified Mental Health Professionals
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Financial Services Company Pays $3.8 Million After Allegedly Defrauding the Export-Import Bank
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Century Ambulance Allegedly Conspires with Florida Hospitals to Defraud Medicare and Medicaid
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Concorde Career Colleges Inc. Terminates its CEO After He Uncovers Fraud
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Chicago Transit Authority Accused of Defrauding the U.S. Department of Transportation
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IBM Loses Bid to Dismiss Allegations that it Defrauded the Department of Homeland Security
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AstraZeneca Partially Settles Nexium Kickback Allegations for $7.9 Million
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Relator’s False Claims Act Case Against Armet Armored Vehicles Revived in Fourth Circuit
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Medtronic Settles Two Different False Claims Act Cases in the Same Week
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Community Health Settles Allegations of Illegal Donations to Hospitals for $75 Million
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Kentucky Company Settles Latest Medicare Fraud Case Involving Ambulance Services
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Office Depot Settles False Claims Act Allegations in Long-Running Pattern of Government Contracting Fraud
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New Jersey Man Allegedly Sent Fraudulent Textbook Invoices to Schools Across the Country
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Bollinger Shipyards Allegedly Defrauded the U.S. Coast Guard by Rendering its Vessels Unseaworthy
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Environmental Services Company Settles Allegations of Violating the Massachusetts False Claims Act and Clean Waters Act
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Company Allegedly Overbilled the Government for Cleaning Solvent Used on Overseas Combat Equipment
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SUNY Research Foundation Allegedly Manipulated Medicaid Eligibility Audits
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Defense Contractors Pay $389 Million for Inflating the Prices of Food and Water Supplied to Troops in Afghanistan
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College Accused of Falsifying High School Diplomas to Secure Federal Financial Aid
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Company Defrauds Medicare and Medicaid Through Use of Unlicensed Respiratory Therapists
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Government Intervenes in Qui Tam Case Against Creekside Hospice
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Contractor Repays Government $2.7 Million for EPA Superfund Site Fraud
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U.S. Department of Justice Recovers Close to $6 Billion in False Claims Act Cases in 2014
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Judge Refuses to Dismiss $50 Million False Claims Act Case Against Prime Healthcare Services
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California Intervenes in Case Alleging Fraud by BP Under Natural Gas Supply Contracts
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CareAll Pays $25 Million to Settle Fraud in Connection with Home Healthcare Services
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False Claims Act Settlement Involving Ocean Dental Indicative of Widespread Fraud by Dentists
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North Florida Shipyards Settles Allegations of Fraudulent Contract Procurement for $1 Million
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Columbia University Settles AIDS Grant Fraud Case for $9 Million
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Northrop Grumman Unable to Dismiss Government Contract Fraud Claims
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DaVita Enters into False Claims Act Settlement Totaling $400 Million
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Trinity Industries in Court Over Allegedly Shoddy Guard Rails Used All Over the U.S.
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Boeing Pays $23 Million to Settle Allegations that it Overbilled the U.S. Air Force
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Pharmaceutical Companies Continue to Battle False Claims Act Case Involving Abilify
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Defense Contractors to Repay Government Close to $20 Million for Alleged Fraud
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Qui Tam Complaint Survives UChicago Argonne’s Motion to Dismiss
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Shire Pharmaceuticals to Pay $56.6 Million After Making Bogus Claims to Market its Drugs
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Natural Disaster Fraud Involving FEMA
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Abbott Laboratories Settles Alleged Violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute for $5.4 Million
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Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center Charged with Conspiracy to Violate the False Claims Act
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Texas Businessman Settles Allegations of E-Rate Program Fraud for $400,000
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Supplies Now, Inc. Pays $270,000 to Settle Allegations that it Violated the False Claims Act
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Beth Israel Settles False Claims Act Allegations for $5.3M
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Government Allowed to Seek Enhanced Penalties for Illegal Kickbacks in its False Claims Act Case Against KBR
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Mallinckrodt LLC Agrees to Pay $3.5 Million for Alleged False Claims Act Violations
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Telecommunications Company Accused of Fraudulently Receiving $45 Million Government Grant to Provide Internet Service
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Judge Denies Sprint’s Motion to Dismiss False Claims Act Case Based on Alleged Tax Fraud in New York
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Inflated Prices at Military Commissaries Provides Potential Basis for False Claims Act Liability
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First Circuit Examines Original Source Exception to Public Disclosure Bar
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United States Intervenes in Two False Claims Act Suits Against Novartis
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United States Intervenes in False Claims Act Case Against Lance Armstrong
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Amgen Agrees to $24.9 Million False Claims Act Settlement For Illegal Kickbacks
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Fluor Corp. Agrees to $1 Million False Claims Act Settlement for Unlawful Lobbying Efforts
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Techota LLC Agrees to Pay $150,000 to Resolve Claims of Medicare Overbilling
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Fourth Circuit Adopts Narrow Reading of 9(b) Pleading Standard in False Claims Act Suits
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Cooper Health System to Pay $12.6 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations of Kickbacks
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Second Circuit Vacates Misbranding Conviction; DOJ Does Not Petition for En Banc Re-Hearing
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American Sleep Medicine to Pay $15.3 Million for Medicare Fraud
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Orthofix Pays $30 Million for Illegal Kickbacks to Doctors
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Alcatel-Lucent Agrees to Pay $4.2 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
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Importer Avoids Customs Duties, Pays $6.3M False Claims Act Settlement
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New York Reaches $13.4M Settlement With Hospital Over Medicaid Fraud
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AstraZeneca Agrees to Pay $26M to Resolve Off-Label Marketing Claims for Seroquel
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Hospital Pays Millions to Settle Allegations of Improper Ambulance Billing Practices
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T-Mobile Ordered to Pay Whistleblower $345,000 for Retaliation
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Federal Court: Contracts Tainted By Fraud Trigger False Claims Act Liability
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Should Whistleblower Suits Lead to Fraud Prosecutions of Individuals?
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Fourth Circuit: Employees May Copy Computer Data Employers Allowed Them to See
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As Student Debt Increases, For-Profit Colleges Investigated For Recruiter Pay Practices
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Federal District Court Reaffirms Broad Reading of Public Disclosure Bar
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Sixth Circuit Upholds $1 Million Jury Verdict on FCA Retaliation Claim
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LIBOR Rate-Rigging Scandal May Have False Claims Act Implications
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Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals: Government Corps. May Be Subject to FCA Liability
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Whistleblower Alleges Billions in Medicare Part D Fraud
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SEC Sets Aside $452 Million for Whistleblower Rewards
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Supreme Court’s Health Care Ruling: What It Means for the False Claims Act
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GlaxoSmithKline Will Pay $3 Billion In Largest False Claims Settlement Ever
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Abbott Laboratories Settle With Government for $1.6 Billion in Off-Label Promotion Case
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Supreme Court to Decide if Class May Be Certified in Amgen Securities Fraud Case
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Whistleblowers Sue Liberty Medical for $69 Million
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St. Jude Will Pay $3.65 Million in FCA Settlement
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Taking Out the Trash: A Garbage Collection Whistleblower and the Need for State FCAs
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Seventh Circuit Opinion Gives Broad Reading to Public Disclosure Bar
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Federal Appeals Court Rejects Narrow View of “Original Source” Rule
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Radiology and Diagnostic Company Confronts Fraud Charges
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Abbott Labs Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charges in Landmark Pharmaceutical Fraud Case
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First Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Case Concerning Fraudulent Research Grant Application
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AHA Criticizes Overpayment Reporting Provision of Health Care Law
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Minnesota Life Insurance Companies Targeted by Whistleblowers, State Government
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Tenet Healthcare Corp. to pay $43 Million to Settle Medicare Fraud Allegations
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WellCare Pays $137.5 Million to Resolve Health Care Fraud Allegations
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Fraud in USAID Bidding the Subject of False Claims Act Settlement with International Construction Company
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Cayuga Medical Center Agrees to False Claims Act Settlement in Suit Brought by Whistleblower
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Will Hedge Funds Invest in Whistleblower Cases?
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Food Safety Fraud: New Protections for Food Industry Whistleblowers
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More Hospitals Create Improper Relationships with Physicians, But More Also Self-Report Fraud
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Ven-A-Care Whistleblowers Strike Again, Recover $280 million from Dey Pharma
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SEC Whistleblower Program Generates Fierce Debate
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Allergan’s First Amendment Arguments
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Does Constitution Prevent FDA from Regulating Off-Label Promotion?
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Are Pill Mills the New Face of Medicare Fraud?
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First Amendment Protection and Off-Label Promotion: What Drug Companies Can and Can’t Say
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GSK Attorney Indicted for Obstructing FDA Investigations
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SEC Whistleblower Update: Comments Welcomed by Agency
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Defense Contractor Shifts Overhead Costs to Government, Settles False Claims Act Case for $69.3M
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Fraud Case Advances, Alleging Ineffective Translators in Afghanistan
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Defense Subcontractor Paid for Exposing Arms Secrets by Manufacturing Overseas
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DOJ Employees Honored for False Claims Act Work
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Eckard Labeled a “Model” Whistleblower
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GlaxoSmithKline Settles Good Manufacturing Process Violations for $750 for Contaminated and Defective Pills
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Senator Grassley Points to High Volume Prescribers as Likely Fraudsters
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Health Care Executives Targeted for Criminal Liability
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Fraud Case Asserting Substandard Pipe Strength Moves Forward Despite Delaware Withdrawal
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False Claims Act Complaint Against Medtronic Dismissed
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Green Mountain Coffee Faces SEC Fraud Suit
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For-Profit Educational Fraud Addressed by Congress
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Government Intervenes in Mayo Clinic Case
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Merck Violates Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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Pharmaceutical Sales Rep Plays Whistleblower for Second Time, Resulting in $520 Million Off-Label Promotion Settlement
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New York Follows Federal Model and Strengthens Its False Claims Act
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Bank Chief Accused of TARP Fraud
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Defense Contractor Billed Government for Prostitutes, Strippers, Complaint Alleges
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Oil Companies Underpay Royalties on Government Leases
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Grand Canyon Education Settles FCA Suit
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Nelnet Goes to Trial Over Education Fraud Allegations
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Ninth Circuit Endorses Implied Certification Theory of Liability Under False Claims Act
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Drug Maker Novartis in Trouble Again for Illegal Marketing: This Time on Facebook
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DOJ Settles Medicare Fraud Case – Whistleblowers Seek More
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U.S. to Intervene in Fraud Case Against Heart Device Manufacturer
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GAO Report Concludes 15 For-Profit Colleges Committed Fraud
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Payment of Part-Time Doctors Based on Referrals Found Against the Law in Case Scheduled for Retrial
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SEC Pays Whistleblowers $1 Million
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Military Contractor Settles Anti-Kickback Case for $375,000
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Construction Company Settles Fraud Allegations in Bidding for USAID Overseas Contracts
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DOJ Cautiously Indicates False Claims Act May Be Used to Recover Deepwater Horizon Disaster Damages
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Whistleblowers Allege Sacramento Private School Overcharged Government, Employed Uncertified Teachers
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Federal Jury Convicts Cornell Hospital of Research Grant Fraud
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Teva Pharmaceuticals Settles Medicaid Fraud Case with Information from Rival Company
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Alpharma Settles False Claims Act Suit for $42.5 million
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Elan Pharmaeuticals Settles Off-Label Charges
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DOJ Turns up HEAT on Medicare Fraud: 94 People Charged With Submitting More than $251 Million in False Claims
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Medical Services Company Accused of Billing Medicare for Unperformed Services
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Court Allows Derivative Shareholder Suit Against Pfizer to Move Forward
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Dangerous, Unnecessary Surgeries Lead to False Claims Complaint
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Government Joins Case Against Oracle Alleging Overpayment for Software
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Whistleblowers Allege Failure to Supervise Surgeries at Rush University Medical Center
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U.S. Requests Authority to Exclude Pharmaceutical Executives from Medicare
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