Year: 2009

California Assembly Bill 1196 has been introduced to amend the state’s False Claims Act. According to the Legislative Counsel’s Digest the bill would specify that “claim” as used...

NetApp, a computer storage and data management solutions company, will pay the federal government $128 million to settle a False Claims Act suit. NetApp, which supplied hardware, software and storage solutions...

The Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) program provides federal contracting assistance to small firms located in economically distressed areas....

NEW YORK CITY, NY – The impetus for the massive federal investigation that led to today’s $302 million settlement by Quest Diagnostics Inc. was a “qui tam” (whistleblower) lawsuit...

In the largest qui tam settlement ever paid by a defense contractor, Northrop Grumman has agreed to pay $325 million to resolve allegations that its predecessor TRW Inc. violated the federal False Claims...

Sikorsky Aircraft Company will pay $2.9 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to test armor plated inserts used in Black Hawk helicopters manufactured for the...

CVS Caremark Corp. will pay $36.7 million to settle claims that it improperly switched patients from the tablet version of Zantac to a more expensive capsule version in order to increase Medicaid reimbursement,...

LOS ANGELES, CA – Northrop Grumman Corp. paid $325 million today to settle a whistleblower lawsuit brought by Phillips & Cohen LLP, which is the largest defense contractor whistleblower case...

The Washington Post published the following letter from Phillips & Cohen partner Erika A. Kelton discussing the benefits of having mandatory rewards for whistleblowers. Encouraging Whistleblowers,...

San Mateo County, Calif., will pay the federal government $6.8 million to resolve allegations that the San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid. The U.S. Dept. of...