Merck Sharp & Dohme to Pay $950 Million to Settle Criminal and Civil Allegations

• Healthcare Fraud

SEC Issues First Annual Report On Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program

• Financial Fraud

New York City Agrees to Pay $70 Million to Settle Medicaid Fraud Allegations

• Healthcare Fraud

Pharmaceutical Giant GlaxoSmithKline Agrees To Pay $3 Billion To U.S. Government To Settle Civil And Criminal Investigations Relating To Unlawful Marketing Practices

• Healthcare Fraud

DFine Inc. Agrees to Pay over $2.3 Million to Settle Claims under the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute

• Healthcare Fraud
• Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute

Oracle Corp. To Pay US $199.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Against General Services Administration

• Government Contracts Fraud

Home Healthcare Provider LHC Group Inc. to pay $65 Million to US Government to Settle Qui-Tam Lawsuit

• Other Government Programs Fraud

Numerous Defense Contractors Agree to Pay over $22.6 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations

• Government Contracts Fraud

Medical Supplier Hill-Rom to pay 41.8 Million Dollars to Settle False Claims Allegations

• Other Government Programs Fraud

Significant Whistleblower Settlements, First Half of 2011

SEC Issues New Whistleblower Regulations

• Financial Fraud

Vendor Gifts to Doctors: The Intersection of the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act

Maxim Healthcare Services Agrees to pay $150 Million and Enact Reforms after Being Charged with Healthcare Fraud

• Healthcare Fraud
• Other Government Programs Fraud

Accenture Agrees to Pay United States $63.675 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

• Other Government Programs Fraud

Noble Jewelry Limited to pay $3.85 Million for Decade-Long Customs Fraud Scheme

• Customs and Tariffs Fraud

Can Information Obtained through Freedom of Information Act be the Basis of a Qui Tam Action Under the False Claims Act? Supreme Court Says “No.”

• Other Government Programs Fraud

Peninsula Regional Medical Center Agrees to pay $1.8 Million in Settlements for Permitting Unnecessary Cardiac Stent Procedures

• Healthcare Fraud

Taledo Corp. Agrees to pay $6.49 Million to Resolve Lawsuit Alleging the Company Submitted False Claims to the Transportation Security Administration

• Other Government Programs Fraud

SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower Officially Opens for Business

• Financial Fraud

LabCorp Agrees To Pay $49.5 Million To Settle Lawsuit Alleging The Company Overcharged California Medicaid

• Healthcare Fraud

New York Ambulance Company Agrees To Pay $2.7 Million To Resolve Allegations That It Committed Healthcare Fraud

• Healthcare Fraud

World’s Largest Provider Of Kidney Dialysis Ordered To Pay $82.6 Million For Fraudulently Billing Medicare

• Other Government Programs Fraud

Supreme Court’s Decision in Schindler Elevator Sinks Relator’s Case Based on FOIA Request

• Other Government Programs Fraud

Accountant who Tipped-Off IRS about Tax Fraud Receives $4.5 Million Reward

• Tax Fraud

DynCorp International And The Sandi Group Agree To Pay More Than $8.7 Million To Resolve Allegations That They Submitted False And Inflated Claims For Payment To The State Department In Connection With The U.S. Effort To Rebuild Iraq

• Government Contracts Fraud

Verizon Pays $93.5 Million To Resolve Allegations That It Overcharged Government Under Telecommunications Services Contracts

• Other Government Programs Fraud

Court Upholds Constitutionality of “Under Seal” Provision of False Claims Act

• Other Government Programs Fraud

Ohio Managed Care Plan Contractor Agrees To Pay $26 Million To Settle False Claims Act Lawsuit Alleging Medicaid Fraud

• Healthcare Fraud

New York Attorney General Plans To Use New Whistleblower Law To Crack Down On Tax Fraud

• Tax Fraud

Qui Tam Litigation Against For-Profit Colleges

Blowing The Whistle On Violations Of The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

• Financial Fraud

The Top Settlements Of 2010

The False Claims Act In The Supreme Court

We Hand Out Our “Bad Actor Of The Year” Award For 2010

DOJ Releases False Claims Act Statistics

• Other Government Programs Fraud

Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Dey Inc. To Pay $280 Million To Settle False Claims Act Case Alleging That The Company Falsely Reported Inflated Drug Prices

• Best Price Fraud
• Healthcare Fraud