Nov 2020
19th Nov 2020
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Oakland, CA based Kaiser Foundation Health Plan has agreed to pay $6.3 million to settle allegations that it submitted false Medicare Advantage patient diagnoses in order to receive inflated paym...
14th Nov 2020
Peer Review Doesn’t Apply in False Claims Act Suit
Massachusetts General Hospital could not assert the medical peer review privilege to block production of documents sought by a whistleblower in her False Claims Act suit over the hospital’s alleg...
5th Nov 2020
Medtronic USA Inc. Agrees to $9.2 Million Settlement
Minnesota-based Medtronic USA Inc. has agreed to pay $9.2 million to resolve allegations that it violated the anti-kickback provision of the False Claims Act. The company was accused of illegally...
5th Nov 2020
DOJ Announces $24.9 million Settlement with Guild Mortgage Company
San Diego based Guild Mortgage Company, participant in the Federal Housing Administration insurance program, has agreed to pay $24.9 million to resolve allegations that it caused the submission o...
Oct 2020
21st Oct 2020
Geissler v. Sterling
District of South Carolina. GBB lawyers contributed to this class action lawsuit, filed against the Department of Correction, alleging that South Carolina prisoners recieved inadequate testin...
20th Oct 2020
Free Virtual Seminar by Online Courtroom Project and NITA
As courts around the country have struggled to continue operations in the face of the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, each state and the federal courts have issued their own set of guidelines...
20th Oct 2020
Santee Christian College to Pay $225,000 Over Federal Violations on Recruiting
San Diego Christian College in Santee will pay $225,000 to resolve allegations that it compensated a student recruiting company in violation of a federal ban on incentive-based compensation, the ...
20th Oct 2020
California University To Pay $225,000 For Allegedly Violating Ban On Incentive Compensation
Department of Justice, October 19, 2020 WASHINGTON – San Diego Christian College (SDCC), based in Santee, California, will pay $225,000 to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act for s...
20th Oct 2020
Virtual Attorney Seminar: False Claims Act: Offense and Defense
Description Each year private citizen suits under the False Claims Act have returned billions of dollars to Federal and State treasuries. These suits leverage the government’s compliance enfor...
20th Oct 2020
ON-Demand Podcast: Covid-19 Whistleblower and Qui Tam CLE: Collecting Evidence & Making the Claim
Learn the latest on Mastering Bad Faith & Covid-19 Litigation with this convenient, 24/7 On-demand Seminar & Complimentary Podcast. Register to obtain CLE & MCLE credit, online access...
15th Oct 2020
Hudson Valley Hematology Oncology Associates, $5.3 million
U.S. ex rel. Abrahamsen v. Hudson Valley, Southern District of New York. Firm attorneys brought a qui tam suit against Hudson Valley Hematology Oncology Associates (Hudson Valley), a New York...
9th Oct 2020
Wisconsin Based APM Settles FCA Suit
The DOJ accounted that federally funded Advanced Pain Management Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries, collectively called APM Entities, have agreed to pay the government $885k to settle a qui tam...