In an all-too-familiar scenario, pharmaceutical company Astellas, Inc. has agreed to settle all allegations against it involving the anti-fungal medication Mycamine. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had reached an agreement with the company wherein it would remit over $7 million to the government pursuant […]
In an interesting and unique False Claims Act case, a federal contractor tasked with performing construction and updates on interstate highways is being forced to defend against claims that it submitted fraudulent designs for approval and false claims to the government. The case made it all the way to trial, and […]
Earlier this year, Florida-based health services company Halifax Health paid $85 million to settle allegations that it was engaged in a years-long kickback scheme in violation of the federal Stark Law. The settlement was one of the largest reported in Florida history; however, it did not work to settle the […]
As you may recall, we reported heavily months ago on the breadth of the False Claims Act allegations facing Omnicare, Inc. Omnicare, a company reigning as one of the top providers of pharmacy services to nursing homes, has been embroiled in widespread allegations of fraud and unlawful kickbacks spanning years. […]
Fraud can occur in virtually any industry – and it takes courageous private citizens to come forward, ultimately exposing fraud to authorities and alerting taxpayers as the misconduct being perpetrated in even the most unlikely of sectors. In a recent settlement under the False Claims Act, Re/Max Allegiance Relocation Service […]