Posted on July 14, 2016
Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care has agreed to pay $18 million to settle allegations that it submittedor caused the submission of false claims to federal health care program Medicare, for hospice care for patients who were not eligible because they were not terminally ill, the U.S. Department...
Posted on July 13, 2016
TCG client Dr. Anthony E. Held has negotiated a settlement with Trimaco regarding alleged violations of Proposition 65. Held alleged that Trimaco sold vinyl/PVC gloves that contained the phthalate chemical DINP, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer, without the requisite...
Posted on July 7, 2016
En Pointe Gov. Inc., En Pointe Technologies Inc., En Pointe Technologies Sales Inc., Dominguez East Holdings LLC and Din Global Corp., all of Gardena, California, have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by falsely certifying that En Pointe Gov. Inc. was a small...
Posted on July 6, 2016
Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has filed a complaint against Perseus Books, alleging that the company violated Proposition 65 by selling mugs with exterior decorations that contained the heavy metal lead without a health hazard warning. Proposition 65 requires that companies offering products for sale...
Posted on July 1, 2016
Florida cardiologist Dr. Asad Qamar and his practice, the Institute of Cardiovascular Excellence (ICE), will pay $2 million, plus release any claim to $5.3 million in suspended Medicare funds, to resolve a lawsuit alleging that they improperly billed Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE for medically...
Posted on June 30, 2016
Russell Brimer has issued seven new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as napkin rings, cables, and tubing in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning....
Posted on June 27, 2016
Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has successfully negotiated a settlement with Horizon Global Corporation for alleged Proposition 65 violations. Leeman alleged that Horizon sold dust pans with vinyl/PVC grips that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP, which is known to the State of California to cause...
Posted on June 24, 2016
Dr. Anthony Held has reached a settlement with The Estée Lauder Companies in regards to alleged violations of Proposition 65. Held alleged that Estée Lauder sold products with a Sun Protector Factor (“SPF) that contained the chemical benzophenone, which is known to the State of...
Posted on June 22, 2016
Salix Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay $54 million to settle allegations that the company violated the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act by using “speaker programs” as kickbacks to doctors to induce them to prescribe Salix drugs and medical devices, which were then...
Posted on June 21, 2016
Mark Moorberg has negotiated a settlement with Cortland Line Manufacturing for alleged Proposition 65 violations. Moorberg alleged that Cortland sold vinyl/PVC nets and vinyl/PVC pouches that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning. DEHP is...
