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US Government Intervenes in Qui Tam Lawsuit
The Justice Department announced that the United States has intervened in two whistleblowers’ qui tam lawsuit alleging that a durable medical equipment supplier, Orbit Medical Enterprises, Inc. (“Orbit Medical”) and its former vice president and sales manager, Jake Kilgore, violated the False Claims Act. According to its website, Orbit Medical based in Salt Lake… Read More »
New York Federal Judge Revives Qui Tam Lawsuit
A New York federal judge has ruled that the bankruptcy court erred when it allowed Hawker Beechcraft Corp. (“Hawker”) to discharge damages and penalties that could stem from a whistleblowers’ qui tam lawsuit alleging it violated the False Claims Act. In 2007, Donald Minge and David Kiehl, former employees of TECT Aerospace and TECT… Read More »
Construction Company Settles Qui Tam Allegations
Okland Construction headquartered in Utah has agreed to settle allegations made by a whistleblower in a qui tam lawsuit that it violated the False Claims Act in connection with the Small Business Administration’s (“SBA”) Section 8(a) Program for Small and Disadvantaged Businesses. The SBA’s Section 8(a) Program is a business development program designed to… Read More »
Tenet Healthcare Agrees to Settle Qui Tam Lawsuit
Tenet Healthcare Corporation and several of its affiliates have agreed to settle allegations by a whistleblower in a qui tam lawsuit that the entities violated the Stark Law, the Anti-kickback Statute, and the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with certain physicians. According to the Settlement Agreement, the Defendants Tenet Healthcare… Read More »
State Farm Ordered to Pay Whistleblowers
A federal judge in Gulfport, Mississippi has ordered State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. (“State Farm”) to pay treble damages, as well as the two whistleblowers’ costs and attorneys’ fees, in a qui tam lawsuit after it was found to have violated the False Claims Act. In 2013, a federal jury found that State… Read More »
Pharmaceutical Companies Settles Whistleblower’s Lawsuit
Pennsylvania-based Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (“Teva USA”) and its subsidiary IVAX LLC, based in Florida, have agreed to settle allegations by the government that they violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act. According to its website, Teva is the largest generic pharmaceutical company in the United States. Teva claims that 1 out… Read More »
Shipping Companies Settles Whistleblower’s Qui Tam Case
Two ocean shipping companies, that previously pleaded guilty to engaging in anticompetitive conduct in violation of the Sherman Act, have now agreed to settle a whistleblower’s qui tam case alleging procurement fraud in violation of the False Claims Act. The Sherman Act is a law passed in 1890 that prohibits certain business activities that… Read More »
FL Hospital Agrees to Partial Settlement in Qui Tam Case
Halifax Hospital Medical Center (“Halifax”) in Central Florida has tentatively agreed to settle certain allegations in a whistleblower’s qui tam lawsuit that it violated the Stark Law, but the remaining allegations of violations of the False Claims Act will be heard at a jury trial set for July. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Halifax… Read More »
Medical Device Manufacturer Settles Whistleblower Suit
EndoGastric Solutions Inc. (“Endo”) has agreed to pay $5.25 million to settle a whistleblower’s qui tam lawsuit alleging that Endo violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute. Endo is a medical device company headquartered in Redmond, Washington that develops natural orifice surgical products and procedures for use in the treatment of patients with… Read More »
Florida Pain Clinic Settles Whistleblower Qui Tam Suit
The Department of Justice announced that Dr. Steven Chun and his pain management clinic, Sarasota Pain Associates, have agreed to settle allegations made by two whistleblowers in a qui tam lawsuit that they violated the False Claims Act. The whistleblowers, Cathia Gavin and Penelope Thomas, are both nurses and former employees of Dr. Chun… Read More »