Month: February 2009

The U.S. Dept. of Justice has joined a whistleblower lawsuit alleging violations of the False Claims Act by Forest Laboratories. The suit, which originated in complaints filed by two private citizens under...

The U.S. Dept. of Justice announced that it has joined two whistleblower suits against drug manufacturer Scios Inc. and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson Inc. The suits, brought under the qui tam...

APL Limited, a global shipping company, has agreed to pay $26.3 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the United States in connection with contracts to ship cargo to support...

Liberty Medical, a mail-order supplier of diabetes equipment based in Florida, is the subject of a qui tam suit filed under the False Claims Act, according to a report in the Palm Beach Post. Medco Health...

AT&T Technical Services Corp. has agreed to pay the United States more than $8.2 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in connection with the federal E-Rate program,...

Barrday Inc. and two related companies have agreed to pay the United States more than $1 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act in connection with their role in the weaving...

AMEC Construction Management has paid the federal government over $19 million to resolve allegations of fraud, false claims and kickbacks on four General Services Administration (GSA) construction contracts....

Mercer-Fraser, a construction company based in Eureka, California, has agreed to settle a qui tam suit for $1.3 million. The suit alleged that the company falsified information about its business type...