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Cigna Health insurance group to pay $172 million to resolve false claims act allegations
Cigna Group has agreed to pay $172,294,350 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting and failing to withdraw inaccurate and untruthful diagnosis codes for its Medicare Advantage Plan enrollees in order to increase its payments from Medicare.
Verizon to pay $4 million to resolve cyber security False Claims Act allegations
The company will pay $4,091,317 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it failed to completely satisfy certain cybersecurity controls.
Milwaukee law firm, US Attorney’s Office net $38 million settlement in whistleblower case
A pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay a settlement in a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a Milwaukee firm.
BEV BUTULA: Get the true scoop on the False Claims Act
There are a large number of websites dedicated to the False Claims Act. Attorneys and legal professionals interested in this area of law are often searching for recent cases and news to remain current.
Feds sue Milwaukee company over Navy contracts
The federal government has filed suit against a military contractor that it claims bilked the Navy out of millions when it was hired to build airplanes.
Federal judge says case against PharMerica can proceed
A Milwaukee federal judge has denied a pharmacy services company's attempt to dismiss parts of a lawsuit alleging that it violated federal laws by dispensing narcotics without a doctor's approval.
Law firms respond to ‘white-hot’ practice area
Two years after the “bounty” provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act on financial reforms took effect, whistleblower matters remain a sizzling growth area for lawyers in employment or finance and securities practice areas — or, as is increasingly common, on a law firm interdisciplinary team that harnesses expertise from both fields.
US won’t retry watchdog whistleblower case
The Justice Department said Thursday it will not try again to sue a watchdog group that shared money from a whistleblower settlement with a government economist more than 14 years ago, following a mistrial in the case last month.
FOIA disclosure bars lawsuit
Washington (Dolan) — A federal agency’s response to a Freedom of Information Act request is a “report” within the meaning of the False Claims Act’s public disclosure bar, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 5-3 decision.
10-188 Schindler Elevator Corp. v. U.S. ex rel. Kirk
False Claims Act FOIA requests A federal agency’s written response to a FOIA request for records constitutes a “report” within the meaning of the FCA’s public disclosure bar. The Court’s holding is not inconsistent with the public disclosure bar’s drafting history. If anything, the drafting history supports this Court’s holding. Kirk’s case seems a classic […]
New law offers more case options
Whistleblower cases are long and difficult, but attorneys may soon bring more of them due to expanded options laid out in a new law that takes effect this month.
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