Posted on February 13, 2015
AstraZeneca LP has agreed to pay the federal government $7.9 million in order to settle allegations that AstraZeneca knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
The settlement resolves...
Posted on February 11, 2015
Medtronic Inc. has agreed to pay the federal government $2.8 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs in connection to a medical procedure known as “SubQ Stimulation,” the U.S. Department...
Posted on February 11, 2015
Our client Laurence Vinocur has filed a complaint against Yamaha Corporation alleging that the company failed to warn California consumers about the presence of the phthalate chemical DEHP in or on Yamaha’s benches with vinyl/PVC seats, headphones with vinyl/PVC components, bags with vinyl/...
Posted on February 9, 2015
Good Shepherd Hospice Inc. and its related entities has agreed to pay $4 million to resolve allegations that Good Shepherd knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for hospice patients who were not terminally ill, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last Friday...
Posted on February 9, 2015
Our client Anthony Held has filed a complaint against CWC Inventories, Inc. alleging that CWC Inventories imports, manufactures, distribute, ship, sell, and/or offer for sale in California walking sticks with vinyl/PVC grips that contain the heavy metal lead and the phthalate chemical DEHP without...
Posted on February 6, 2015
ev3, Inc., formerly known as Fox Hollow Technologies Inc., has agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for unnecessary inpatient admissions, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday.
The...
Posted on February 6, 2015
Z Gallerie has certified to our clients Dr. Anthony Held and Peter Englander that its upholstered chairs with foam padding have been reformulated to be free of not only TDCPP, but TDBPP and TCEP as well. These flame retardant chemicals are known to the State of California to cause cancer.
As...
Posted on February 4, 2015
Our client Paul Wozniak has negotiated a settlement with Tailor Made Products, a manufacturer of nylon cooking utensils. Wozniak alleged that Tailor Made offered nylon cooking utensils for sale in California that contained 4,4-Methylenedianiline (4,4’-MDA), a chemical known to the State...
Posted on January 30, 2015
Laurence Vinocur has negotiated a settlement with Intel Corporation regarding allegations that the company offered for sale earphones with cords containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) without the requisite health hazard warning. DEHP is known to the State of...
Posted on January 30, 2015
Composite Engineering Inc., a subsidiary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, has agreed to pay $2 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of...
