settlements

March 27, 2013
On March 21, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld the district court’s decision to find Anchor Mortgage Corporation and its CEO John Munson liable for false claims submitted in loan guaranty applications to the U.S. government, but reversed the “gross trebling” calculation of the damages in favor of “net trebling,” which...
March 15, 2013
Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld the federal district court's decision that the two whistleblowers, or relators, in Rille et al v. Accenture, LLP et al, No. 11-2054 (8th Cir. 2013) were entitled to a 15% share of the federal government's $46 million False Claims Act settlement with Hewlett-Packard, amounting to a $6.9 million...
March 15, 2013
During the first two months of 2013, clients of The Chanler Group secured civil penalties under Proposition 65 totaling up to $936,500 through settlement agreements with retailers and manufacturers who allegedly imported, distributed, or sold consumer products in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without first providing the required...