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Firm Obtains $1.54 Million Settlement on Unjust Enrichment Claim Over Finder’s Fee
Rabin Kammerer Johnson (RKJ), Rafferty Domnick Cunningham & Yaffa (RDCY), and Harris Appeals recently settled a case in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Matthew Hayden v. Steven F. Urvan v. Brew First, Inc., Case No. 9:21-CV-82051-MATTHEWMAN) for $1.54 million. The parties vigorously litigated the case for nearly 4 years,… Read More »
Understanding the False Claims Act Public Disclosure Bar: What “Substantially the Same” Means for Whistleblower Cases
The False Claims Act (“FCA”) empowers whistleblowers—known as relators—to bring lawsuits on behalf of the Government when they discover fraud involving federal funds. But not every whistleblower case can move forward. One of the most litigated obstacles is the FCA’s public disclosure bar, which requires dismissal if the allegations in a qui tam complaint… Read More »
Appellate Court Reinstates Whistleblower’s Claims Where the District Court Dismissed an Amended Complaint Because the Allegations Were Based on Information Learned in Discovery
On July 25, 2025, in United States ex rel. Sedona Partners LLC v. Able Moving & Storage, Inc., — F.4th —, 2025 WL 2087871 (11th Cir. 2025), the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in a False Claims Act case reversing the dismissal of a whistleblower’s second amended complaint on the basis… Read More »
Florida Law Levels the Playing Field on One-Sided Attorney’s Fee Clauses
Section 57.105(7), Florida Statutes, makes reciprocal all contracts with unilateral attorney’s fee provisions that benefit one party over the other.1 Under the statute, where a contract contains an attorney’s fee provision that benefits only one party to the contract, a court may award attorney’s fees to the other party when that party prevails “in… Read More »
$300 Million DOJ Settlement in National Opioid Case Against Walgreens Stemming from Medicare Fraud Exposed by Whistleblower
Whistleblower represented by Rabin Kammerer Johnson and Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley WEST PALM BEACH, FL—In a landmark victory for justice and public health, Rabin Kammerer Johnson (RKJ) and Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley—are announcing a $300 million settlement in a whistleblower qui tam action against Walgreen Co., Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.,… Read More »
$500,000 Jury Verdict
The law firm of Rabin Kammerer Johnson and co-counsel Domnick Cunningham & Yaffa announce that they obtained a $500,000 jury verdict for their client, plaintiff Matthew Hayden, on March 7, 2024, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Matthew Hayden v. Steven F. Urvan, Case No. 9:21-CV-82051-MATTHEWMAN) The case involved… Read More »
Firm Partner Adam Rabin is Inducted into the 2023 Legal Elite “Hall of Fame”
For 20 years, Florida Trend magazine has rated Florida’s best lawyers statewide in its annual ranking of Florida’s “Legal Elite.” Several years ago, Florida Trend created a new category, the Legal Elite “Hall of Fame” for lawyers whose peers consistently ranked them over the years as a top lawyer in Florida. In 2023, Rabin… Read More »
RKJ Prevails on Behalf of Manufacturer of Self-Brewing Equipment Against Claims for Violations of Florida Securities Laws and Fraud
Adam Rabin and Lauren Johnson, with its co-counsel Fred Cunningham and Matthew Christ, recently secured the dismissal of securities registration and fraud claims asserted against its client, third-party defendant Brew First, Inc. (“Brew First”), which is a manufacturer of kegs and tap machines that allow customers to brew their own beer, hard seltzer, and… Read More »
Florida Appellate Court Grants Dismissal of Appeal in Favor of Firm Client
Rabin Kammerer Johnson announces the favorable conclusion of a recent appeal in the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal (“Fourth DCA”), Standing Up for Florida, Inc. v. Wendy Sartory Link, in Her Official Capacity as the Supervisor of Elections of Palm Beach Cty., Fla., Case No. 4D22-0211. The case was originally filed in the… Read More »
Lauren Johnson Appointed to Serve on UF Law Alumni Council
Partner Lauren Johnson has been selected to serve a 5-year term on the University of Florida Levin College of Law’s Law Alumni Council (“LAC”). The new LAC members were chosen from a group of distinguished UF Law alumni to serve and help continue the leadership traditions of the University of Florida. The LAC exists to support… Read More »