November 29, 2007
TVA settles FCA suit
The Tennessee Valley Authority Inspector General and the Dept. of Justice have announced a settlement in excess of $25 million for an alleged violation of the civil False Claims Act. Three Kinder Morgan...
Posted In Whistleblower Law Insights
November 26, 2007
State of California and City of San Francisco sue voting systems vendor
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera has filed suit against Election Systems & Software, Inc., the City’s voting systems vendor, according to a November 20, 2007 press release. The suit...
Posted In Whistleblower Law Insights
Arkansas files FCA suit against Johnson & Johnson
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced on November 20, 2007 that he has filed a suit against Johnson & Johnson Inc. and two of its subsidiaries, accusing the drug makers of illegally promoting...
Posted In Whistleblower Law Insights
Sleep diagnostic clinic accused of FCA violations
HMS Diagnostics, Inc., a sleep disorder center, reported that it is being investigated for improper Medicare billing. The company’s press release characterizes their alleged mischarging as a possible...
Posted In Whistleblower Law Insights
November 21, 2007
Government joins FCA suit against Lockheed
The U.S. Dept. of Justice has announced it will intervene in a qui tam suit filed against Lockheed Martin Corp. and its supplier, Tools & Metals Inc. The suit alleges that TMI overcharged for manufacturing...
Posted In Whistleblower Law Insights
November 19, 2007
Hospital purchasing whistleblower profiled in NY Times
Cynthia Fitzgerald, whose False Claims Act suit against Novation and other defendants was unsealed in September, is the subject of an article in the November 18, 2007 issue of the New York Times. Ms. Fitzgerald,...
Posted In Whistleblower Law Insights
November 15, 2007
Medicaid: Thousands of Medicaid Providers Abuse the Federal Tax System
Medicaid: Thousands of Medicaid Providers Abuse the Federal Tax System is the title of a new report from the Government Accountability Office. The GAO found that of “over 30,000 Medicaid providers,...
Posted In Whistleblower Law Insights
Stryker Corp. and Physiotherapy Assoc. settle whistleblower suit
Stryker Corporation and its former outpatient therapy division, Physiotherapy Associates Inc., will pay $16.6 million to the federal government to settle allegations that Physiotherapy submitted false...
Posted In Whistleblower Law Insights
November 08, 2007
Government Printing Office defrauded by contractor
In a False Claims Act suit filed by the federal government, a printing company is accused of overcharging the Government Printing Office for work performed by a subcontractor, according to a report in...
Posted In Whistleblower Law Insights
November 06, 2007
Massachusetts accuses lab of filing false claims
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has accused Boston Clinical Laboratories of violating the state’s False Claims Act. The suit alleges that the lab has intentionally filed improper claims...
Posted In Whistleblower Law Insights