Posted on May 1, 2015
Dr. Anthony Held and Paul Wozniak served 12 additional 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation earlier this week to companies offering products such as nylon cooking utensils, bags, and bicycle locks for sale in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and...
Posted on May 1, 2015
The federal government has intervened in three False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuits and filed a consolidated complaint against HCR ManorCare, alleging that ManorCare knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs Medicare and TRICARE for...
Posted on April 29, 2015
Texas-based Citizens Medical Center has agreed to pay the U.S. federal government $21.75 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
The settlement...
Posted on April 27, 2015
Dr. Anthony Held and Paul Wozniak served 22 new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation on Friday to companies offering vinyl/PVC gloves and vinyl/PVC exercise mats for sale in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and reproductive harm, without the required health...
Posted on April 24, 2015
Our client Laurence Vinocur has successfully negotiated a settlement with Wells Lamont regarding alleged violations of Proposition 65. Proposition 65 requires companies offering products for sale in California to provide consumers with a health hazard warning if the product contains a...
Posted on April 24, 2015
Family Dermatology P.C., which owns and operates a dermatopathology lab and a number of dermatology practices, has agreed to pay $3.2 million plus interest to settle allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with a number of its...
Posted on April 22, 2015
Dr. Whitney Leeman has negotiated a settlement with Stillwater Designs and Audio, Inc. concerning alleged violations of Proposition 65. Proposition 65 requires companies offering products for sale in California that contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and/or...
Posted on April 17, 2015
Paul Wozniak has filed a complaint in Alameda County Superior Court against Big Lots, Inc. and Big Lots Stores, Inc. alleging violations of Proposition 65. Proposition 65 requires companies offering products for sale that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or...
Posted on April 13, 2015
Mark Moorberg has negotiated a settlement with Southern Telecom regarding alleged violations of Proposition 65. Moorberg alleged that Southern Telecom had sold headphones with vinyl/PVC ear cushions that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP, which is known to the State of California to cause...
Posted on April 10, 2015
Virginia-based Health Diagnostics Laboratory Inc. (HDL) and California-based Singulex Inc. have agreed to pay $48.5 million to resolve allegations that the companies violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute by paying remuneration to physicians in exchange for patient referrals...
