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AstraZeneca Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit for $7.9 Million

February 26, 2015 February 26, 2015 — A federal anti-kickback statute makes it a crime for drug makers to pay pharmacy benefit managers to give preferential treatment to one drug over another. Since the Anti-Kickback Statute was amended in 2010, violations of this statute automatically violate the federal False Claims Act as well. When pharmaceutical companies have secret financial agreements with pharmacy...

Juries Award Millions Against Vaginal Mesh Manufacturer Boston Scientific in 2014

February 25, 2015

In 2014, Boston Scientific Corp. was hit with three multimillion dollar verdicts in favor of women injured by the company’s vaginal mesh devices. In Florida, a federal jury reached a $26.7 million verdict in a case involving Boston Scientific’s Pinnacle pelvic mesh device. The following week, in West Virginia, the jury awarded $18.5 million to four women injured by the company’s Obtryx...

Dental Medicaid Fraud Charges End in Plea Agreements

February 24, 2015 February 24, 2015 — Most whistleblowers in False Claims Act lawsuits involving dental Medicaid fraud are dental clinic insiders. But for many, it’s a difficult thing to notify the government about an employer mixed up in billing fraud schemes against the government. When tipsters file a lawsuit against those engaged in unethical dental practices, the qui tam provisions of the False Claims...

Illegal Asbestos Removal Procedures in Tennessee Place Workers at Risk for Mesothelioma

February 23, 2015

Those responsible for exposing salvage workers to old asbestos materials at the former Liberty Fibers Plant in Hamblen County, Tennessee have been sentenced. As a result of the workers’ exposure to the toxic substance, experts testified in federal court, the men are at an increased risk of developing mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases.

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Former Executive at Florida Engineering Firm Charged with FCPA Violations

February 20, 2015 February 20, 2015 — The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is a powerful weapon to stop corporations from attempting to win or retain business abroad by making bribe payments to or bestowing lavish gifts on foreign government officials or their family members. Since the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 instituted a whistleblower program, anyone can collaborate...

Stryker Settles Hip Implant Litigation for More than $1 Billion

February 20, 2015

Stryker Corp. has reached a sizable settlement of more than $1 billion to put thousands of lawsuits concerning the medical device maker’s hip implants to rest. Stryker manufactured metal-on-metal hip implants that have been blamed for causing high levels of metal debris in patients’ blood. In addition, the hip replacement devices caused pain and swelling that sometimes results in the need...

Judge Sentences Former Owner of Miami Home Health Company in $30 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

February 13, 2015 February 13, 2015 — The False Claims Act empowers health care insiders to file a whistleblower lawsuit on the government’s behalf. Courageous whistleblowers help to protect the integrity of our federal healthcare programs, like Medicare or Medicaid, for those who need them. Under the Act, the United States may choose to intervene in the lawsuit and take primary control for litigating it....

Transvaginal Mesh Trial Set in February Will Go Forward, Rules Court

February 13, 2015

In the transvaginal mesh litigation pending against C.R. Bard Inc. in federal court in West Virginia, the court has denied the manufacturer’s motion to delay a trial scheduled for February. Bard had argued that it was prejudiced by Judge Goodwin’s remarks that the pelvic mesh manufacturer should settle the cases filed against it because the company is possibly facing billions of dollars of...

Jury Finds Idaho Dentist Guilty of Medicaid Fraud

February 11, 2015 February 11, 2015 — Dental Medicaid fraud rarely goes unnoticed by dental clinic insiders. But many just keep their heads down and try to hold onto their jobs — until they are asked to participate. For some, that’s the point at which they seek legal help to stop billing fraud schemes against the government. When tipsters file a lawsuit against unethical dental practices under the qui tam...

Asbestos Companies’ Secrecy Offers Food for Thought

February 11, 2015

The asbestos industry’s continuing deceit and secrecy recently formed the topic for one of our favorite blogs, the Pop Tort. Entitled “Asbestos, Yum!” the blog entry began with the sad but true story of the Johns-Manville company, which back in 1933 reached a settlement agreement with several of its former employees who had developed asbestos disease. The settlement required the former...

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