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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...

A bill to establish a state False Claims Act has been introduced in the Minnesota Senate. Senate Bill 82 is described by its supporters as needed to help save the state millions by encouraging those working...

Eli Lilly and Company has agreed to plead guilty and pay $1.415 billion for promoting its drug Zyprexa for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to the U.S. Department...

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia challenging the constitutionality of the seal provisions of the False Claims Act....

SouthernCare, a hospice company based in Birmingham, Alabama, has agreed to pay $24.7 million dollars to settle a False Claims Act suit brought by two nurses formerly employed by SouthernCare. The U.S....

According to the scotusblog the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether a qui tam plaintiff in a False Claims Act suit must file a notice of appeal within 30 days or whether the 60 day limit that applies...

Seven hospitals in New York state allegedly defrauded Medicaid of $50 million in connection with drug treatment programs. Both the New York State Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in...

Teva Pharmaceuticals and its subsidiary, Ivax Pharmaceuticals, paid $7 million to the Massachusetts Medicaid program to settle a False Claims Act case. Teva and Ivax are among 13 drug makers sued in 2003...

Leo Burnett, a Chicago advertising firm, has agreed to pay the United States $15.5 million to settle a False Claims Act whistleblower suit. The settlement resolves allegations that Leo Burnett improperly...