September 14, 2007
Top law firms aiding Iraq defense contractors
Defense contractors are employing top law firms to assist them in navigating lawsuits and federal investigations into alleged war profiteering and fraud in Iraq. According to an article in the September...
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Aventis settles drug pricing fraud for over $190 million
Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc. has paid the federal government and a number of states more than $190 million to resolve allegations that the company defrauded Medicare and other federal health programs as...
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August 21, 2007
Connecticut AG urges adoption of state False Claims Act
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said that new state contracting regulations wouldn’t be sufficient to clean up the corruption and construction lapses he said turned a highway improvement...
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ConocoPhillips unit will pay $97.5 million to settle royalty suit
Burlington Resources, a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips, has agreed to pay $97.5 million to settle a whistleblower’s claims that it underpaid royalties owed for natural gas produced on federal and Indian...
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IBM, PriceWaterhouseCoopers settle FCA suit
IBM and PricewaterhouseCoopers have agreed to pay nearly $5.3 million combined to settle allegations that they made improper payments on government technology contracts, the Justice Department said Thursday....
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Marine component manufacturer pays $7.5 million to settle qui tam suit
The Crane Company, a manufacturer of valves and marine components, has agreed to pay the United States $7.5 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations. The suit, which originated as a whistleblower...
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FCA suit against Univ. of Phoenix will proceed to trial
A federal judge in Sacramento has rejected an attempt by the University of Phoenix to have a False Claims Act suit dismissed. The school had claimed that $9.8 million it paid the U.S. Dept. of Education...
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August 14, 2007
New York hospital settles FCA suit
Parkway Hospital of Forest Hills, New York, has agreed to pay $1.075 million to resolve allegations that it defrauded the Medicare program. A former director of finance at Parkway filed a whistleblower...
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August 13, 2007
Whistleblower suit against Iasis Healthcare unsealed
A former Iasis Heathcare executive has alleged in a qui tam suit that the hospital chain performed unnecessary medical procedures and illegally compensated doctors for patient referrals . The whistleblower...
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NCR division is investigated by DOJ
NCR revealed in SEC filings that Teradata, a software division that the company intends to spin off, is being investigated by the US Justice Department over certain federal government contracts. The investigation...
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