Superfund Town’s Health Clinic Accused of Submitting False Asbestos Claims June 29, 2023 By Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) – A major U.S. railroad found liable for spreading hazardous asbestos that killed hundreds of people in...
D&O Insurer Must Pay for Settlement in Drugmaker’s Kickback Case May 5, 2023 By Jim Sams Federal Insurance Co. must pay the $10 million policy limit in a directors and officers policy issued to Astellas Pharma,...
Wall Street Whistleblowers Tip Off SEC — But Hear Nothing Back November 29, 2022 By John Holland Janice Shell likes to sniff out fraud. An art historian by training, she once spent her days digging through Renaissance...
State Farm to Pay $100 Million to Federal Government for Hurricane Katrina Claims August 25, 2022 By Chad Hemenway State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. and two former claims-adjuster sisters, who more than 16 years ago filed a lawsuit...
Appeals Court Reverses Verdict Against Surgeon in Spinal Implant Kickback Case July 28, 2022 A federal appellate court overturned a $5.5 million jury verdict against a Missouri orthopedic surgeon who is accused in a...
Psychiatrist Paying $3M to Resolve False Billing Allegations March 30, 2022 By Claims Journal staff A Philadelphia psychiatrist and his wife agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that they billed the federal workers’...
Insurers Tapped to Pay Growing Number of False Claims Act Actions October 25, 2021 By Jim Sams A growing number of False Claims Act investigations combined with recent court decisions that found insurers liable for the cost...
Pharma Company to Pay $12.6M to Settle Kickback Allegations May 6, 2021 By Randall Chase DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay $12.6 million to resolve allegations that it violated...
7th Circuit Lays Obstacle For Litigation Funders With False Claims Act Suits August 19, 2020 By Jim Sams A federal appellate court dealt a blow against litigation funding companies by ruling that the U.S. Justice Department can dismiss...
Novartis Settles U.S. Fraud Lawsuit Over Sham Speaker Programs July 2, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK — Novartis AG agreed to pay $678 million to settle a civil fraud lawsuit brought by the U.S....