In anticipation of the upcoming U.S. presidential election, the news cycle is heating up with discussions about federal and state budget deficits and funding for Medicare/Medicaid programs. Both the Republican and Democratic Parties are lining up and... Read More
By Todd C. Toral and Greg Young The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a case likely heralding an increase in the number of qui tam False Claims Act lawsuits, has abrogated prior precedent and lowered the jurisdictional bar for whistleblowers... Read More
By Eric G. Pearson A cardinal rule of a qui tam action brought under the False Claims Act is that the relator must be the information’s original source. In United States ex rel. Heath v. Wisconsin Bell, Inc. , No. 12-3383 (7th Cir. July 28... Read More
By Mary Pivec and Igor M. Babichenko I. INTRODUCTION On July 31, 2012, the United States District Court for the Central District of California dismissed without prejudice a shareholder derivative suit against American Apparel and its individual directors... Read More
By Jonathan W. Haray , Jeffrey D. Rotenberg and Lindsay R. Barnes In its latest review of the attorney-client and work product privileges in In re: Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc. (“ In re KBR ”), the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit... Read More
PHILADELPHIA -- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. will pay $422.5 million in criminal and civil penalties to resolve off-label marketing allegations for six drugs, the federal government announced Sept. 30 ( United States of America v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals... Read More
By William A. Ruskin The Second Circuit [on Dec. 3] rendered its much-anticipated decision in United States v. Caronia [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], the most important Food Drug and Cosmetics Act enforcement case pending... Read More
As previously reported by Keller and Heckman LLP, President Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) into law on January 4, 2011. While most of the provisions regarding stricter food safety standards will not be effective until 2012, FSMA... Read More
By Jacqueline N. Acosta In an August 7, 2014 opinion, the Eighth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a whistleblower’s suit alleging that a number of pain pump device makers had violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by marketing their pain pumps for... Read More
MIAMI - Russell Budd has announced the opening of plaintiff's law firm Baron & Budd, P.C. 's new office in Miami. The new office will offer its services to individuals and businesses with environmental issues as well as those victimized... Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. - R. Scott Oswald , managing principal of The Employment Law Group law firm, has been elected to serve as the 2011-2012 president of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA). MWELA is the 300-lawyer Washington... Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States has intervened in a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that Satilla Health Services Inc., dba Satilla Regional Medical Center, and Dr. Najam Azmat submitted claims for medically substandard and unnecessary services... Read More