Tenet Healthcare and Affiliated California Hospital to Pay $1.41 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations for Implanting Unnecessary Cardiac MonitorsFebruary 14, 2020
EHR Vendor Practice Fusion Agrees to $145 Million Settlement to Resolve Criminal and Civil Kickback ViolationsFebruary 14, 2020
Airbus Settlement: Part 4 – Alphabet Agency Violations (Export Control and Export Finance)February 14, 2020
Wait a Minute—No Escobar Materiality as to Hospital’s Patient Arrival Time Reports and Employee HandbooksFebruary 13, 2020
Relator Can’t Revive Settled FCA Claims Against Successor Company; United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas No. H-16-0582, U.S. ex rel. Stephanie Schweizer v. Canon Inc., et al.February 12, 2020
Absent Evidence of False Claims, Complaint About Regulatory Violation Not Protected Conduct Under FCA; United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts No. 14-13155-PBS, Ebonia Elliott-Lewis v. Abbott LaboratoriesFebruary 12, 2020
Government Contractor Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for $3.7 Million Procurement Fraud SchemeFebruary 12, 2020
Materiality Inquiry Focuses on Likely Reaction of Government to the Receipt of False Claims, Not Mindset of Defendant; United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit No. 19-3011, U.S. ex rel. Stacey L. Janssen v. Lawrence Memorial HospitalFebruary 11, 2020
Relator Substitution Bars Claim Under First-to-File Bar, Blocks Original Relator from Appealing; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit No. 18-55643, U.S. ex rel. Alexander Volkhoff LLC v. Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V., et al.February 11, 2020
Airbus Systemic Bribery and Export Violations: Understanding How a Company’s Compliance Program and Culture Failed (Part IV of IV)February 11, 2020
