Posted on October 31, 2014
North Florida Shipyards has agreed to pay the federal government $1 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Coast Guard, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
To qualify as a Service Disabled Veteran Owned...
Posted on October 29, 2014
Our client Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has filed a complaint in San Francisco County Superior Court against Newegg Inc., Magnell Associate, Inc., and Rosewill Inc. alleging a Proposition 65 violation. The companies allegedly sold headsets with vinyl/PVC cords containing di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (...
Posted on October 29, 2014
EBI LLC, doing business as Biomet Spine and Bone Healing Technologies and Biomet Inc., has agreed to pay $6.07 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs including Medicare, the U.S. Department of...
Posted on October 27, 2014
Clients Dr. Anthony Held, Mark Moorberg, Laurence Vinocur, and Paul Wozniak served 19 new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation on Friday to companies offering products such as glass bottles, sunscreen, and camping tents in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer and...
Posted on October 24, 2014
TCG client Anthony Held, Ph.D, P.E., has negotiated a settlement with Kinco, LLC dba Kinco International in regards to vinyl/PVC gloves containing di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) that were allegedly sold in California without the requisite health hazard warnings. DEHP is a chemical known to...
Posted on October 24, 2014
DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc. has agreed to pay $350 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs by paying kickbacks to induce the referral of patients to its dialysis clinics, the U.S. Department of...
Posted on October 22, 2014
Two groups of Houston-based diagnostic centers have agreed to settle allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs for $2.6 million, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
One group of centers, which operates under...
Posted on October 22, 2014
TCG Client Whitney Leeman, Ph.D, has reached a settlement agreement with LorAnn Oils, Inc. in regards to food extracts, flavors, and colorings containing concentrations of 4-Methylimidazole (4-MEI) allegedly sold in California without the requisite health hazard warnings. 4-MEI is a chemical...
Posted on October 20, 2014
The federal government has elected to intervene in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation and two of its subsidiaries, Sikorsky Support Services and Derco Aerospace Inc., the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation is a wholly...
Posted on October 20, 2014
Client Russell Brimer has filed a complaint against Taylor Precision Products alleging that Taylor violated Proposition 65 by selling glass cocktail shakers containing lead without the requisite health hazard warning. Lead is a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer and...
