Delta Air Lines has been hit with a proposed class-action lawsuit for “grossly misrepresenting the total environmental impact of its business operations in its advertisements, corporate announcements, and promotional materials and, thereby, attaining underserved market share and extracting higher prices from consumers,” according to a new complaint filed in California […]
The Federal Trade Commission announced it has finalized its order against Instant Brands, a kitchen appliance company, to resolve false “Made in USA” claims. According to the FTC’s complaint, first announced in January, “Instant Brands faced increased demand for its glass measuring cups in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when […]
The U.S. Department of Justice announced a new initiative last week to hold federal contractors responsible if they fail to report data breaches. The plan is to charge such contractors with violating the False Claims Act if they neglect to follow federal standards that require the reporting of cyber-attacks. The […]
Akron General Health System, a regional hospital system based in Akron, Ohio, will pay $21 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act of improper relationships with certain referring physicians, resulting in the submission of false claims to the Medicare program. The settlement resolves charges that between August 2010 […]
Tenet Healthcare, Vanguard Health Systems, and Detroit Medical Center (DMC) have reached a combined $29.7 million settlement with the U.S. government for allegedly providing kickbacks to certain referring physicians in violation of the False Claims Act (FCA), the Department of Justice announced. DMC operates hospitals in and around Detroit, including […]
Adobe, a computer software company, has agreed to a $3 million settlement with the U.S. government to resolve allegations that it paid kickbacks in exchange for Adobe software sales to the federal government, the Department of Justice announced. According to the April 13 settlement agreement, between January 2011 and December […]
Labcorp, a U.S. healthcare company, has agreed to a $2.1 million settlement with the U.S. government to resolve allegations that it overbilled the Department of Defense (DoD) for genetic tests performed by GeneDx, LLC, a third-party reference laboratory used by Labcorp to perform genetic tests for military members, the DoJ […]
Seven South Korea-based companies must pay a total of $3.1 million for allegedly violating the False Claims Act by engaging in a bid-rigging conspiracy that targeted U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) contracts for construction and engineering work on U.S. military bases in South Korea. The seven companies are Korea […]
Three pharmaceutical companies, Taro Pharmaceuticals USA, Sandoz, and Apotex, have agreed to pay a total of $447 million to resolve charges of price fixing and violating the False Claims Act, according to a statement by the U.S. Justice Department. The DoJ alleges that between 2013 and 2015, all three pharma […]
A proposed bill before Congress would amend the False Claims Act by, in part, extending anti-retaliation protections for whistleblowers regardless of their employment status. As it stands, the FCA currently grants anti-retaliation protections to any employees that file a qui tam suit. The FCA emboldens private citizens to file fraud […]
