Cincinnati, OH
Lawsuits and disputes Lawyer at Cincinnati, OH
Practice Areas: Lawsuits & Disputes
OUTCOME: $101,000,000 qui tam recovery
Our client reported fraud by the company that supplied food to all U.S. and Allied troops during the war in Afghanistan. The company plead guilty to major fraud and paid $400 million in fines and dama ... ges.
OUTCOME: $6,000,000 settlement
Our client sued a reference lab on behalf of the United States, alleging kickbacks.
OUTCOME: Settlement--$3,200,000 plus fees
Our client brought a False Claims Act, or "qui tam" whistleblower case, against a defense contractor, MPRI, regarding overbilling for vacations taken by employees working in Kabu, Afghanistan.
OUTCOME: $116,000,000 settlement
On behalf of the United States, our client sued Omnicare for paying kickbacks to nursing homes.
OUTCOME: $30,000,000 settlement
Our client alleged that Blackstone paid kickbacks to physicians to induce them to use Blackstone spine hardware. The United States did not intervene in the case.
OUTCOME: $7,500,000 settlement
Our client alleged that Select paid kickbacks to physicians in the form of "medical director stipends" in order to induce them to refer patients to Select's rehabilitation facilities. The United State ... s Attorney's Office, Southern District of Ohio intervened at the time of settlement.
OUTCOME: $26,000,000 settlement
Two former employees brought a qui tam lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against a Medicaid HMO for failing to fulfill responsibilities for assessing the health needs ... of special needs children, and for reporting false data to the State of Ohio. The Justice Department and Ohio Attorney General joined with us in an in-depth investigation. In addition to the payment of $26 million, the defendant has agreed to a Corporate Integrity Agreement.
OUTCOME: $410,000,000+ settlement
Former Novartis sales representatives brought a qui tam case against Novartis for off-label marketing of anti-seizure drug Trileptal. After several years of investigation, Novartis agreed to pay more ... than $410 million to the U.S. and more than 20 states, and plead guilty to a federal criminal charge of illegal off-label marketing.
OUTCOME: Settlement of $9.5 million plus attorney fees
Our client, a prominent physician, brought a False Claims Act case against a company which sent doctors on house calls. The primary allegation was that Medicare and Medicaid patients were given unnece ... ssary and repetitive treatments.
OUTCOME: Settled for $40 million in damages and fees
The case involves allegedly-improper financial relationships between DTCA and physicians hired as medical directors in diabetes treatment centers around the country. Published opinions at 474 F.Supp.2d ... 75 (D.D.C. 2007) (establishing False Claims Act limitations period and addressing Touhy procedures); 235 F.R.D. 521 (D.D.C. 2006) (denying Rule 9(b) dismissal); 238 F. Supp. 2d 270 (D.D.C. 2002); 238 F. Supp. 2d 258 (D.D.C. 2002). Co-counsel include Scott A. Powell and Don McKenna of Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton in Birmingham, Alabama.
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