Boston, MA - Fraud defense lawyer represented Novatris Pharmaceuticals Corporation sued for violating the False Claims Act by suing three foundations as conduits to pay the copayments of Medicare patients taking Gilenya and Afinitor.


Novartis agreed to pay $642 million to settle the claims being made against it. A second settlement resolved claims arising from the company�s allege

Philadelphia, PA - The United States of America, ex rel. Tracy L. Donmoyer sued the Metro Beauty Academy, LLC. claiming that fraudulent sought student aid for ineligible students.

Metro Beauty Academy, LLC (“MBA”) has agreed to pay $425,000 to resolve allegations that the school falsely sought federal student aid for students ineligible to receive such aid.

Oklahoma City, OK - The Southwind Construction Services LLC sued The Ross Group Construction Corporation claiming violation of the False Claims Act.

Ross Group Construction Corporation (Ross Group), and its corporate affiliates, have agreed to pay over $2.8 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by improperly obtaining federal set-aside contracts reserved fo

Anchorage, AK - The United States of America sued Franklin Ellenson, M.D. and Alaska Neurology Center, L.L.C. claiming that the violated the False Claims Act by knowingly billing for health care services not performed.

Alaska Neurology Center LLC and its owner, Franklin Ellenson, M.D., have agreed to pay $2 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the medical practice knowing

Grand Rapids, MI - The United States of America sued Encore Rehabilitation Services, L.L.C. on a False Claims Act violation theory.

Encore Rehabilitation Services LLC (Encore) has agreed to pay $4.03 million to resolve allegations that Encore violated the False Claims Act by knowingly causing three Michigan skilled nursing facilities to submit false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation t

Gulfport, MS - The United States of America claimed Ted Cain, Julie Cain and Tommy Kuluz caused false claims to be made with Medicare.

Following a nine week trial, a federal jury in Gulfport returned a guilty verdict against Ted and Julie Cain of Ocean Springs, Ted Cain’s companies, Stone County Hospital (Wiggins) and Corporate Management, Inc. (Gulfport), and Tommy Kuluz, Chief Financia

Nashville, TN - The United States of America claimed that Diversicare Health Services, Inc. knowingly submitted false claims for Medicare services.

Diversicare Health Services, Inc., has agreed to pay $9.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation therapy services that were not reasonable, nece

San Diego, CA - The United States of America sued Arch Health Partners, Inc. on a False Claims Act violation theory.

Arch Health Partners, Inc. (“Arch Health”) has agreed to pay the United States $2,910,370 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare. Arch Health is a San Diego-based medical organization that contracts with physicia

Knoxville, TN - The United States of America sued Dr. Chang-Wen on a False Claims Act violation theory.

Family physician Dr. Chang-Wen Chen and his practice Chang-Wen Chen, M.D., P.C. paid $285,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by improperly charging government health care programs the physician’s rate for services that were provided by nurse practitioners

San Diego, CA - Numerous complaints sued MesMed on qui tam theories.

ResMed Corp., a manufacturer of durable medical equipment (DME) based in San Diego, California, has agreed to pay more than $37.5 million to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations for paying kickbacks to DME suppliers, sleep labs and other health care providers, the Department of Justice announced today.

“P

Plaintiff Jeremiah Mathews worked as a maintenance supervisor and a cook for
defendant Happy Valley Conference Center, Inc. (Happy Valley), which hosts seminars,
retreats, and camps on a 30-acre property in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Happy Valley is
a subordinate affiliate of defendant Community of Christ (the Church). When a younger
male employee confided in plaintiff that Hap

Julia Correia sued Glenn Jones, the President of Henderson State University,
for employment discrimination following her termination. The district court1 granted
1The Honorable P.K. Holmes III, United States District Judge for the Western
District of Arkansas.
Jones’s motion for summary judgment. Concluding that Correia was an at-will
employee at the time of her termination, we