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Hodgson Russ Client to Receive Portion of $15 Million False Claims Act...
Keith Schenker, MD, a client of Hodgson Russ, will receive a substantial portion of the $15 million settlement ISTA Pharmaceuticals will pay to resolve allegations that the company aggressively and...
View Article$17 Million False Claims Judgment Entered Against D.C. Doctor
According to a recent Justice Department press release, a D.C. federal court entered a $17 million False Claims Act judgment against Dr. Ishtiaq Malik and his two companies, Ishtiaq Malik M.D., P.C....
View ArticleHodgson Russ Helps Plaintiffs in Largest-Ever False Claims Act Settlement in...
The Justice Department announced last week that Johnson & Johnson will pay $1.273 billion to the federal government and most states to settle a civil False Claims Act investigation into its...
View ArticleHow Risperdal Whistle-Blowers Made Millions From Johnson & Johnson
In the article “How Risperdal Whistle-Blowers Made Millions From J&J,” Bloomberg News profiles a few of the whistleblowers involved in the government’s investigation of claims that pharmaceutical...
View ArticleAnother Banner Year for Recoveries Under the False Claims Act
According to a press release from the Department of Justice, in fiscal year 2013, the government recovered $3.8 billion in settlements and judgments involving the False Claims Act. This is the...
View ArticleSecond Circuit Vacates Trial Court’s Dismissal in DHL False Claims Case
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals today allowed a False Claims Act case brought by two whistleblower relators, represented by a team of Hodgson Russ attorneys led by me and my colleague Daniel C....
View ArticleMoving at Warp Speed, New York’s Attorney General Lands a Significant Tax...
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced on March 14, 2014, the successful conclusion of a tax whistleblower case brought under the historic 2010 amendments to the State False Claims Act....
View ArticleIRS Paid $53 Million to 122 Whistleblowers in 2013
According to the IRS Oversight Board’s recent report to Congress, the IRS paid $53 million last year to 122 whistleblowers. This is an average of nearly $435,000 per whistleblower. The whistleblower...
View ArticleRelators Win Right to Share of Proceeds Under False Claims Act
In a recent False Claims Act case from the Eighth Circuit, Rille v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 6597 (8th Cir. April 10, 2014), the relators won an important victory against the...
View ArticleFCA Retaliation Claim Not Subject to Employment Agreement Arbitration Clause,...
Relators alleging a retaliation claim under the False Claims Act scored a big win in the recent Sixth Circuit decision United States ex rel. Paige v. BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services,...
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