Aug 8, 2022 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations
Biogen IDEC, Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical company, agreed to pay $900 million to resolve alleged violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and False Claims Act (FCA). The agreement was made days before the trial – which was...
Jul 14, 2022 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations
This month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two separate False Claims Act (FCA) settlement against major U.S. airlines. On July 1, the DOJ announced that Air France and KLM had agreed to pay $3.9 Million to resolve allegations that they violated the FCA by...
Jul 7, 2022 | False Claims Act
Last week, Delta Airlines agreed to settle claims brought by the Justice Department under the False Claims Act for $10.5 million. The U.S. Postal Service contracts with Delta (and other airlines) to take control of U.S. mail at several U.S. or international locations,...
Jul 7, 2022 | False Claims Act
The DOJ announced that Reliance Medical Systems LLC, along with its owners and two physician-owned distributorships (PODs), have agreed to pay $1 million to settle a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit after the first day of trial. It is alleged that the defendants...
Jun 2, 2022 | False Claims Act, Health Care Fraud
The DOJ previously filed a complaint against former True Health Diagnostics LLC (“THD”) CEO, former Boston Heart Diagnostics Corporation (“BHD”) CEO, and former Little River Healthcare (“LRH”) CEO under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) for alleged violations of the...