Defendant-Appellant Vicente Qui-roz brokered large drug transactions. For his role in a meth-amphetamine transaction, he was convicted after a bench trial in January 2015. (Case No. 16-3518.) Then, in a second trial in July of that year, he was convicted by a jury for his role in a marijuana transaction. (Case No. 16-3510.)
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Before both trials, Quiroz moved to suppr... More...   $0 (10-27-2017 - IL)

The trial in this case offers two narratives. One of a hardworking man
who, angered by failures of guardrails installed across the United States—with
sometimes devastating consequences—persuaded a Texas jury of a concealed
cause of those failures. The other of the inventive genius of professors at Texas
A&M’s Transportation Institute, who, over many years of study and testing,
... More...   $0 (10-04-2017 - TX)

This appeal arises from the efforts of several whistleblowers to navigate the
procedural minefield of the False Claims Act (FCA). See 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733. In
2012, Joe Blyn commenced this FCA action by filing a sealed complaint in the district
court. The complaint named Donald Little as Blyn’s counsel of record. Months later,
Little filed an amended complaint that named himself ... More...   $0 (09-18-2017 - UT)

John King and Tammy Drummond (collectively, “Relators”) appeal the
district court’s grant of summary judgment to Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., on
their False Claims Act (“FCA”) claims and a subsequent ruling that partly
granted court costs to Solvay. For the reasons explained below, we AFFIRM.
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I. Background
Relators are both former Solvay sales and marketing employees. Th... More...   $0 (09-15-2017 - TX)

Appellant Bryant Lyles was admitted to LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport (“LSUHSC”) on May 9, 2013, and underwent anterior corpectomy and discectomy surgery on May 10, 2013. A Verte-Stack implant, a vertebral body replacement device, was placed in Lyles’s cervical spine, along with Progenix, a putty-like bone graft material that was mixed with bone dust. An Atlantis Translations Anterior Cervi... More...   $0 (09-15-2017 - LA)

Brooklyn, NY - New York Hospital Operator Agrees to Pay $4 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations Arising from Improper Payments to Physicians

MediSys Health Network Inc., which owns and operates Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and Flushing Hospital and Medical Center, two hospitals in Queens, New York, has agreed to pay $4 million to settle allegations that it violated the... More...   $4000000 (09-14-2017 - NY)

Tulsa, OK - Craig M. Immel and others sued the Tulsa Public Facilities Authority and City of Tulsa, Oklahoma seeking an injunction to block the Defendant's plan to sell property located at 71st and Riverside Drive to a Dallas-based developer wanting to development Helmerich Park for retail.

The City asserted that it wanted to sell the property to produce money to be used to enhance Hel... More...   $0 (09-11-2017 - OK)

This False Claims Act (“FCA”) case returns to us on remand from the
United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court vacated and remanded our
earlier opinion, Bishop v. Wells Fargo & Co., 823 F.3d 35 (2d Cir. 2016), in light of
the Supreme Court’s decision in Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex
rel. Escobar, 136 S. Ct. 1989 (2016). See Bishop v. Wells Fargo & Co., 137... More...   $0 (09-11-2017 - NY)

Jesus Barragan, Pablo Franco, Francisco Gutierrez, and Hector Fernandez were convicted of conspiracy in violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”); Barragan was also convicted of drug crimes. They appeal their convictions and sentences. Although we find a portion of the prosecutor’s closing argument improper, we conclude that prejudice has not been shown
UNITE... More...   $0 (09-09-2017 - ca)

Plaintiff Jane Doe and her eleven-year-old daughter flew aboard
Etihad Airways from Abu Dhabi to Chicago. For the duration of the fourteen-hour journey,
Doe’s tray table remained open in her lap because a knob that was meant to hold it in place had
fallen to the floor. During the flight, Doe’s daughter found the knob on the floor and gave it to
Doe, who placed it in a seatback pock... More...   $0 (09-06-2017 - MI)

Jackson, MS - Defense Contractor Agrees to Pay $9.2 Million to Settle False Billing Allegations

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (HII), a publicly traded company headquartered in Newport, Virginia, has agreed to a $9.2 million settlement of allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly overbilling the government for labor on U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships at its shipya... More...   $9200000 (09-05-2017 - MS)

This appeal concerns a
constitutional challenge brought by a protester who opposes
abortion. He seeks to enjoin the enforcement of a provision of
the Maine Civil Rights Act ("MCRA"), Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 5,
§ 4684-B(2), that, he contends, facially violates the First
Amendment's guarantee of the freedom of speech.1 The challenged
provision bars a person from making ... More...   $0 (08-08-2017 - ME)

Brooklyn, NY - PHH Agrees to Pay Over $74 Million to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Liability Arising from Mortgage Lending

PHH Corp. PHH Mortgage Corp. and PHH Home Loans (collectively, PHH) have agreed to pay the United States $74,453,802 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly originating and underwriting mortgage loans insured by the U.S. Departme... More...   $74453802 (08-08-2017 - NY)

Defendant KS Industries, L.P. appeals from an order denying its motion to compel
arbitration of a dispute with a former employee. The employee contends the lawsuit is a
representative action under the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA). (Lab.
Code, § 2698 et seq.) He argues the trial court properly applied the rule adopted in
Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LL... More...   $0 (08-03-2017 - CA)

Los Angeles, CA - Celgene Agrees to Pay $280 Million to Resolve Fraud Allegations Related to Promotion of Cancer Drugs For Uses Not Approved by FDA

Celgene Corp., a manufacturer of pharmaceuticals headquartered in Summit, New Jersey, agreed on July 24, 2017 to pay $280 million to settle fraud allegations related to the promotion of two cancer treatment drugs for uses not approved by the F... More...   $280000000 (07-31-2017 - CA)

Cincinnati, OH - Three Companies and Their Executives Pay $19.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Pertaining to Rehabilitation Therapy and Hospice Services

Ohio based Foundations Health Solutions Inc. (FHS), Olympia Therapy Inc. (Olympia), and Tridia Hospice Care Inc. (Tridia), and their executives, Brian Colleran (Colleran) and Daniel Parker (Parker), have agreed to pay app... More...   $0 (07-18-2017 - OK)

Cincinnati, OH - Three Companies and Their Executives Pay $19.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Pertaining to Rehabilitation Therapy and Hospice Services

Ohio based Foundations Health Solutions Inc. (FHS), Olympia Therapy Inc. (Olympia), and Tridia Hospice Care Inc. (Tridia), and their executives, Brian Colleran (Colleran) and Daniel Parker (Parker), have agreed to pay app... More...   $0 (07-18-2017 - OH)

Sacramento, CA - Wal-Mart Pays $1.65M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations of Improper Medi Cal Billings

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has paid $1.65 million to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act when it knowingly submitted claims for reimbursement to California’s Medi‑Cal program that were not supported by applicable diagnosis and documentation requirements.... More...   $1650000 (07-09-2017 - CA)

This litigation began shortly after the Maine Warden
Service and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
requested a legal opinion from Maine's then-Attorney General
William Schneider "regarding the respective regulatory
jurisdictions of the . . . Nation and the State of Maine . . .
relating to hunting and fishing on the [M]ain [S]tem of the
Penobscot Ri... More...   $0 (07-07-2017 - ME)

Philadelphia, PA - Defunct Philly Hospice’s Owners/Operators to Pay Millions to Settle Civil False Claims Suit

Matthew Kolodesh, Alex Pugman, Svetlana Ganetsky, and Malvina Yakobashvili have agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle False Claims Act allegations that they and their now-defunct company, Home Care Hospice, Inc. (HCH), falsely claimed and received taxpayer dollars for hospi... More...   $8000000 (07-06-2017 - PA)

The Penobscot Nation (the
"Nation") filed suit in federal court against the State of Maine
and various state officials (the "State Defendants"), claiming
rights as to a 60-mile stretch of the Penobscot River, commonly
known as the "Main Stem." The United States intervened in support
of the Nation. Private interests, towns, and other political
entities, whom we shall call th... More...   $0 (07-05-2017 - ME)

Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Hospital Agrees to Pay $42 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations Arising from Improper Payments to Physicians

PAMC Ltd., and Pacific Alliance Medical Center Inc., which together own and operate Pacific Alliance Medical Center, an acute care hospital located in Los Angeles, California, have agreed to pay $42 million to settle allegations that t... More...   $42000000 (06-29-2017 - CA)

Newark, NJ - Cardiac Monitoring Companies and Executive Agree to Pay $13.45 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

AMI Monitoring Inc. aka Spectocor, its owner, Joseph Bogdan, Medi-Lynx Cardiac Monitoring LLC, and Medicalgorithmics SA, the current majority owner of Medi-Lynx Cardiac Monitoring LLC, have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by bill... More...   $13450000 (06-26-2017 - NJ)

San Antonio, TX - Union Treatment Center to Pay $3 Million and Be Permanently Excluded from Federal Health Care Programs under False Claims Act Settlement

Union Treatment Center (“UTC”), a medical and physical therapy provider with clinics in Austin, Killeen, San Antonio, and Corpus Christi, will pay $3 million to settle civil health care fraud allegations. The settlement partially resolv... More...   $0 (06-12-2017 - TX)

In four issues, appellants, Gary Spivey, owner of America’s Choice Roofing, and AmChoice, LLC, challenge the trial court’s judgment. Specifically, appellants contend that the trial court erred by: (1) failing to award judgment for appellants under a written contract with appellee, Jo Ann Goodwin; (2) granting relief on a theory of breach of implied warranty that was not pleaded or supported; (3) f... More...   $0 (06-08-2017 - TX)