ATI Enterprises, a Texas-based chain of career training schools operating in the southern and western United States, has agreed to pay the U.S. government $3.7 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal student aid programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last month. ATI Enterprises...
Citizen enforcer Russell Brimer’s allegations against settling party Royal Consumer Information Products, Inc. (“Royal Consumer”) were resolved on July 17, 2013, when the parties entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement. In this matter, Brimer alleged that Royal Consumer sold vinyl/PVC checkbook covers containing the phthalate chemical di(2-...
Citizen enforcer John Moore’s allegations against the defendants Armstrong World Industries, Inc. and Congoleum Corporation (collectively “Defendants”) were resolved on July 24, 2013, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment in Moore v. American Biltrite, Inc., et al. In this enforcement action, Moore alleged that the Defendants sold vinyl sheet...
In the enforcement action Englander v. Lakim Industries Incorporated, the parties executed a Consent Judgment on July 23, 2013. The case resolved citizen enforcer Peter Englander’s allegations that the defendant Lakim Industries Incorporated dba Quali-Tech (“Lakim”) sold hand tool grips containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (...
Citizen enforcer John Moore’s allegations against the defendants Benson Mills, Inc. and Benson Sales Co., Inc. (collectively “Benson”) and Kohl’s Corporation (“Kohl’s”) were resolved on July 26, 2013, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment in Moore v. Benson, et al. In this enforcement action, Moore alleged that Benson and...
Whistleblower Peter Englander and settling party Big Time Products, LLC (“Big Time”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on August 6, 2013, which resolved Englander’s allegations that Big Time sold vinyl/PVC grip clips containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without providing...
Citizen enforcer Russell Brimer’s allegations against settling party Belcam Inc. (“Belcam”) were resolved on August 6, 2013, when the parties entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement. In this matter, Brimer alleged that Belcam sold eyelash curlers with grips containing the heavy metal lead and/or the phthalate chemicals butyl benzyl phthalate (...
Whistleblower John Moore resolved his allegations against the defendant B.H. Inc. dba Pinnacle Designs (“B.H.”) in the enforcement action Moore v. B.H. Inc.; et al., when the parties executed a Consent Judgment on August 12, 2013. Moore alleged that B.H. sold vinyl/PVC luggage tags containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP...
Whistleblower Peter Englander and settling party Voltec Industries LLC (“Voltec”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on August 29, 2013, which resolved Englander’s allegations that Voltec sold clamp lamps with vinyl/PVC clamps containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without...
Shands Healthcare, which operates a network of health care providers in Florida, including a teaching hospital and a medical center, has agreed to pay $26 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week....
