UNITED STATES EX REL COX ET AL V. MEDTRONIC (D.MINN.)
N/AOUTCOME: Settled for $4.4 million
Sanford Heisler Kimpel, LLP won a more than $4.4 million qui tam settlement against Medtronic, Inc., one of the world’s largest medical device manufacturers. The whistleblower, represented by the firm ... and the U.S. Department of Justice, alleged that Medtronic violated the Trade Agreements Act (“TAA”) and the False Claims Act by selling products to the Government that were manufactured in countries with which the United States is not a trading partner, under contracts governed by the TAA.
