SHELL OIL TO PAY OVER $2 MILLION TO SETTLE QUI TAM LAWSUIT FOR UNPAID ROYALTIES OWED TO GOVERNMENT
Shell Oil Company and its subsidiaries Shell Offshore Inc., Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc., and Shell Western Exploration and…
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SENATOR GRASSLEY HAS HARSH WORDS FOR SEC CHAIR REGARDING WHISTLEBLOWER TREATMENT
US Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote to the SEC chairwoman, Mary Schapiro, and asked her to forego the proposed whistleblower rule which would require whistleblowers to…
Read More →ARE NURSING HOME PATIENTS BEING OVER MEDICATED?
The US government recently issued a report with some troubling findings for nursing home patients. The Department of Health and…
Read More →QUEST DIAGNOSTICS TO PAY $241 MILLION FOR FALSE CLAIMS BILLED TO MEDICAID
According to the Wall Street Journal, Quest Diagnostics has agreed to pay $241 million to settle a Medicaid fraud lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged…
Read More →CARESOURCE PAYS $26 MILLION – OHIO HAS NO FALSE CLAIMS ACT
Whistleblowers Laura Rupert and Robin Herzog blew the whistle on CareSource Management Group in Ohio which billed for, but did…
Read More →ORACLE TO SETTLE FALSE CLAIMS ACT CLAIM FOR $46 MILLION
Oracle has agreed to pay $46 million to settle a False Claims Act case what alleges Sun Microsystems, which merged…
Read More →$170 MILLION MEDICAID FRAUD VERDICT
One Icelandic generic drug maker, Actavis, had the temerity to take an Average Wholesale Price fraud case to jury trial. …
Read More →HOW MANY QUI TAM CASES ARE UNDER SEAL?
In a joint letter to Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), DoJ Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich and Assistant…
Read More →HOSPITAL SETTLES MEDICARE & MEDICAID FRAUD LAWSUIT FOR $7 MILLION
A $7 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed against the University of Chicago Medical Center over claims…
Read More →WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST WYETH
The state of Utah has announced that it will join two lawsuits with 16 other states against drug manufacturing company…
Read More →FALSE CLAIMS ACT SUIT FILED AGAINST WYETH
The Department of Justice and 16 states joined a False Claims Act lawsuit against Wyeth last year, but now 17…
Read More →900 NEW CIVIL HEALTHCARE FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS BY DOJ
At a recent health care fraud press conference held with HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Attorney General Eric Holder noted that…
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