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...
Aug 3, 2022 | False Claims Act
On July 22, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a press release noting that Biotronik Inc. greed to pay $12.95 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute. The federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) and the...
Jul 26, 2022 | False Claims Act
Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. (“Aerojet”), an aerospace and defense company headquartered in California, agreed to pay $9 million to resolve allegations that it misrepresented its compliance with cybersecurity requirements in violation of the False Claims Act (“FCA”). This...
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 federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) prohibits any person from knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim for payment to the federal government. The FCA prohibits any person from knowingly making, using, or causing to be made or...
