September 24, 2007
Whistleblower suit against hospital purchasing organization unsealed
A former Novation employee has filed a whistleblower suit alleging that the hospital group purchasing organization defrauded government health plans. Group purchasing organizations negotiate contracts...
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September 21, 2007
Former Tenet lawyer sued under FCA
Christi Sulzbach, the former Tenet general counsel, has been sued under the federal False Claims Act for her role in the hospital chain’s fraud. According to an article in the September 19, 2007...
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September 18, 2007
Sun Microsystems cancels federal contract after overcharging probe
Sun Microsystems, a major supplier of technology to the federal government, has canceled its contract with the General Services Administration. According to a September 15, 2007 article in the Washington...
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September 18, 2007
New York State files FCA suit against Merck
New York State has filed its first suit under the state’s recently enacted False Claims Act. The suit, filed jointly by the state and New York City on September 17, 2007, accuses Merck of misrepresenting...
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September 15, 2007
False Claims Act Corrections Act of 2007 introduced
Sens. Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin have introduced legislation to strengthen the False Claims Act, the government’s main weapon in combatting fraud against federal programs. Recent federal court...
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September 14, 2007
Whistleblower will not share in Putnam settlement
A former employee of Putnam Investments, who was a key figure in state and federal probes of the company, will not receive a share of the $193.5 million settlement, a Massachusetts state appeals court...
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September 14, 2007
Top law firms aiding Iraq defense contractors
Defense contractors are employing top law firms to assist them in navigating lawsuits and federal investigations into alleged war profiteering and fraud in Iraq. According to an article in the September...
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September 14, 2007
Aventis settles drug pricing fraud for over $190 million
Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc. has paid the federal government and a number of states more than $190 million to resolve allegations that the company defrauded Medicare and other federal health programs as...
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August 21, 2007
Connecticut AG urges adoption of state False Claims Act
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said that new state contracting regulations wouldn’t be sufficient to clean up the corruption and construction lapses he said turned a highway improvement...
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August 21, 2007
ConocoPhillips unit will pay $97.5 million to settle royalty suit
Burlington Resources, a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips, has agreed to pay $97.5 million to settle a whistleblower’s claims that it underpaid royalties owed for natural gas produced on federal and Indian...
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