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August 16th, 2018
Qui tam lawsuits – also known as whistleblower lawsuits – involve allegations of fraud against federal or state government agencies. …
Tags: False Claims Act, Medicaid, Medicare, oil and gas royalties, qui tam, tax evasion, whistleblower
Posted in HO&P Legal Blog, Qui Tam Litigation |
July 26th, 2017
Walmart has agreed to pay $1.65 million to settle allegations of violations of the False Claims Act committed by the …
Tags: False Claims Act, qui tam, Walmart, whistleblower
Posted in HO&P Legal Blog, Qui Tam Litigation |
August 24th, 2016
A group of six whistleblowers who filed a qui tam lawsuit against Marinello Beauty Schools will receive $2.75-3.3 million as …
Tags: Department of Education, False Claims Act, financial aid, Marinello Beauty Schools, qui tam, whistleblowers
Posted in HO&P Legal Blog, Qui Tam Litigation |
June 30th, 2016
The Supreme Court has ruled that a federal contractor’s Medicaid claims may be held illegal as part of a qui …
Tags: Clarence Thomas, False Claims Act, implied certification, Medicaid, qui tam, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, whistleblower
Posted in HO&P Legal Blog, Medical Malpractice, Qui Tam Litigation |
March 19th, 2016
A former Volkswagen of America employee has filed a whistleblower lawsuit in Michigan, asserting that VW employees illegally deleted electronic …
Tags: Audi, clean diesel, dieselgate, emissions cheating, qui tam, TDI, Volkswagen, VW, whistleblower
Posted in HO&P Legal Blog, Qui Tam Litigation, Volkswagen Diesel Recall |
January 27th, 2016
Executives with Takeda Pharmaceutical, the manufacturer of Actos, admitted that they had paid physicians to prescribe the drug to patients …
Tags: Actos, bladder cancer, diebetes, False Claims Act, FDA, kickbacks, pre-diabetes, qui tam, Takeda, whistleblowers
Posted in Actos, HO&P Legal Blog, Qui Tam Litigation |
January 15th, 2015
Laws passed by the U.S. government and numerous states allow whistleblowers who alert the authorities to fraud, theft, or other …
Tags: Defense Department, FDA, IRS, Medicaid, Medicare, qui tam, Treasury Department, whistleblower
Posted in HO&P Legal Blog, Qui Tam Litigation |
December 12th, 2014
In September, the Securities and Exchange Commission authorized an award of more than $30 million to a whistleblower who had …
Tags: False Claims Act, qui tam, Securities and Exchange Commission, whistleblower
Posted in HO&P Legal Blog, Qui Tam Litigation |
November 14th, 2014
Ruling in favor of a whistleblower, a federal jury in Marshall, Texas has ordered Trinity Industries to pay $175 million …
Tags: ET-Plus, False Claims Act, Highway Guardrails, qui tam, Trinity Industries, whistleblower
Posted in HO&P Legal Blog, Qui Tam Litigation |
August 7th, 2014
Beverly Brown has filed a qui tam or whistleblower lawsuit against Celgene Corporation. Brown alleges that Celgene defrauded government-funded healthcare …
Tags: Celgene, False Claims Act, Medicaid, Medicare, qui tam, Revlimid, Thalomid, VA, whistleblower
Posted in HO&P Legal Blog, Qui Tam Litigation |