OIL SPILL LAWSUIT TRIAL BEGINS
A trial that centered around an oil tanker spill in the waters off Massachusetts seven years ago is set to…
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$42.5 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH ALPHARMA OVER KICKBACKS
Alpharma Inc. has agreed to pay $42.5 million to settle a False Claims Act case charging the company with kickbacks…
Read More →NEW JERSEY HOSPITAL SETTLES FALSE CLAIMS ACT LAWSUIT FOR MEDICARE OUTLIER FRAUD PAYMENTS
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton, New Jersey, has agreed to pay $6.35 million to settle allegations it defrauded…
Read More →Facebook Class Action Settled for $9.5 Million
Social networking site Facebook has agreed to pay $9.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over a marketing program that…
Read More →Blue Cross Blue Shield Ordered to Pay After Insurance Claim Denial
A Los Angeles jury recently awarded a California man more than $200,000 to cover the cost of a liver transplant…
Read More →$4 Million Government Fraud Case Settled
Lincoln Fabrics, Ltd., has settled a False Claims Act (qui tam) claims with the Department of Justice. According to the…
Read More →Mercy Hospital Settles Whistleblower Lawsuit for $2.79 Million
Mercy hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts settled a False Claims Act (qui tam) lawsuit with the department of Justice for $2.79 million. The…
Read More →Judge Denies Banks Motion to Dismiss NSF Overdraft Class Actions
A U.S. District Court judge in Miami dismissed a request by a group of banks to throw out a lawsuit…
Read More →California Hotel Data Base Hacked
Computer World is reporting the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in Los Angeles, California was hacked between April and December 2009. The…
Read More →$3.5 Million False Claims Act (Qui Tam) with Eon Labs
According to the Department of Justice, Eon Labs, Inc., has settled a False Claims Act (qui tam) lawsuit with the…
Read More →NATIONWIDE SETTLES FRAUD CLASS ACTION
Nationwide Insurance has agreed to a $6 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit that accused the company of fraud and…
Read More →Alabama Woman Wins $9.45 Million Prempro Jury Verdict
A Philadelphia jury awarded $9.45 million to an Alabama woman. The plaintiff was diagnosed with breast cancer after she took Pfizer’s (Wyeth’s)…
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