Category: In The News
Forest Unit Agrees to Plead Guilty, Pay $313 Million
Forest Unit Agrees to Plead Guilty, Pay $313 MillionBloomberg BusinessweekSeptember 15, 2010 Businessweek ran a lead story about the $313 million settlement of the firm’s qui tam action...
Botox Maker Settles Case for $600 Million
Botox Maker Settles Case for $600 MillionNew York Times BlogSeptember 1, 2010 The New York Times was one of the first national publications to report on...
Allergan Will Pay Fine, Plead Guilty to Misdemeanor
Allergan Will Pay Fine, Plead Guilty to MisdemeanorBloomberg BusinessweekSeptember 01, 2010 Bloomberg Businessweek was one of several national publications to spotlight Nolan Auerbach’s role in a...
Criminal Charges Unlikely in MIMA Fraud Case
Criminal Charges Unlikely in MIMA Fraud CaseFlorida TodayJanuary 21, 2010 As news broke about an impending civil False Claims Act settlement with a large Florida physician group,...
Fighting Medicare Fraud
Fighting Medicare FraudPBS Nightly Business ReportJuly 29, 2009 After several large False Claims Act settlements involving pharmaceutical companies, PBS Nightly Business Report explored the motivations behind massive pharmaceutical...
Double-billing Settlement Highlights Whistleblower Concerns
Double-billing Settlement Highlights Whistleblower ConcernsMedia Health LeadersJune 12, 2009 The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey paid over $7 million to settle a qui...
Attorney: Whistle-Blowers Not Just Whistling ‘Dixie’
Attorney: Whistle-Blowers Not Just Whistling ‘Dixie’Investor’s Business DailySeptember 5, 2006 After the announcement of several large False Claims Act settlements involving Medicare fraud, Investor’s Business Daily interviewed...
Pfizer’s Legal Troubles Over Hormone May Grow
Pfizer’s Legal Troubles Over Hormone May GrowBrandweekDecember 2005 When the U.S. Government declined to intervene in a qui tam action against Pfizer, doubts were raised about the...
Blowing the Whistle on Healthcare Fraud
Blowing the Whistle on Healthcare FraudFor the RecordMarch 2004 Since the False Claims Act was amended in 1986, the Government has increasingly received meritorious qui tam actions...