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Berger Montague PC Announces Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of United States Military Members and Their Families Endangered by Mold Exposure

The national plaintiffs’ class action and complex litigation law firm Berger Montague PC, working together with the Whistleblower Law Firm, today announce that a class action lawsuit has been filed to recover damages and obtain injunctive relief relating to mold exposure in military housing at MacDill Air Force Base.

E. Michelle Drake Named 2020 Elite Woman of the Plaintiffs Bar; Berger Montague Selected as Elite Trial Lawyers Finalist

Berger Montague is proud to announce that the National Law Journal has named Managing Shareholder E. Michelle Drake a 2020 Elite Woman of the Plaintiffs Bar. In addition, the Firm was named a 2020 Elite Trial Lawyers finalist in seven areas of law.

Berger Montague PC Promotes Patrick F. Madden to Shareholder

Berger Montague PC is pleased to announce that it has selected Patrick F. Madden to become a shareholder of the Firm effective January 1, 2020. Patrick has been an attorney with the Firm since 2010. During that time, he has served in key roles in many nationwide consumer and antitrust class action lawsuits and other important cases.

Berger Montague Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Chicago Title on Behalf of Investors in Champion-Cain/ANI Liquor License Lending Ponzi Scheme

Chicago Title conspired with Gina Champion-Cain and ANI Development, LLC to defraud investors of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Modern Times (1936): The investors are the victims

(October 3, 2019). None of us enjoy getting kicked in the face from an investment gone bad.  It hurts more when the investment goes bad when the company’s share price drops from an announcement admitting that before you made the investment it was already being investigated for accounting irregularities.  What […]

Berger Montague Named 2020 Best Law Firm by U.S. News and Best Lawyers

Berger Montague is pleased to announce that the Firm has been named a 2020 “Best Law Firm” by U.S. News and Best Lawyers. The “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes collecting client and lawyer evaluations, gathering peer reviews from leading attorneys in the field, and reviewing additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process.

Two Berger Montague Attorneys Honored at the American Antitrust Institute’s 2019 Antitrust Enforcement Awards

Berger Montague is pleased to announce that David Sorensen and Nick Urban have won the American Antitrust Institute’s 2019 Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Practice Award for their work on King Drug Co. of Florence, Inc. v. Cephalon, Inc. (Provigil).

H. Laddie Montague Jr. Named 2019 “Best of the Bar” by Philadelphia Business Journal

Berger Montague is proud to announce that Chair Emeritus & Of Counsel H. Laddie Montague Jr. has been named to the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 2019 “Best of the Bar: Philadelphia’s Top Lawyers.” Mr. Montague is recognized in the Business Litigation category.

21 Berger Montague Attorneys Named 2019 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers

Berger Montague is proud to announce that 21 of its attorneys have been named 2019 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers. According to Lawdragon’s website, this guide presents a curated look at the best of the U.S. plaintiff bar who specialize in representing individual investors and shareholders, as well as businesses and other organizations harmed by corporate misconduct or other failures.

Oklahoma Medicaid False Claims Act

The Oklahoma Medicaid False Claims Act (“Oklahoma Medicaid FCA”) provides severe penalties for individuals who submit false claims to SoonerCare (Oklahoma’s Medicaid program). It also provides powerful incentives and protections for private individuals with knowledge of Medicaid fraud to pursue claims on the State’s behalf. The Oklahoma Legislature adopted the […]

Availability of Information Online Does Not Automatically Bar Qui Tam Action

The Public Disclosure Bar in False Claims Act Cases A provision of the False Claims Act commonly referred to as the Public Disclosure Bar stops relators from pursuing actions on behalf of the government if the “transactions and allegations” of fraud have been publicly disclosed through various sources listed in […]

Failure to Accurately Report Drug Prices Constitutes Medicare and Medicaid Fraud

On August 5, 2019, the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois issued a rare ruling granting partial summary judgment for plaintiff-relators in a False Claims Act case. United States ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu, Inc. et al., No. 11-3290, 2019 WL 3558483 (C.D.Ill. Aug. 5, 2019). […]