Posted on December 9, 2013
Lynch Ambulance has agreed to pay more than $3 million to settle a lawsuit, under the False Claims Act, alleging it received overpayments from the Medicare program and other federal health care programs for transporting patients who were not eligible for ambulance transports, the U.S. Attorney...
Posted on December 6, 2013
Elementis Chromium, one of the largest manufacturers of chromium chemicals in the world, has been ordered to pay a penalty of over $2.5 million for failure to disclose the health risks of exposure to hexavalent chromium to workers in chemical production plants, as required by the Toxic Substances...
Posted on December 6, 2013
A federal jury has found that JM Eagle, the nation’s largest manufacturer of plastic pipe, violated the False Claims Act when it knowingly sold defective pipes to states and municipalities for use in drinking water, firefighting, irrigation and other public systems, the New York Times...
Posted on December 4, 2013
Parents can breathe easier knowing that thousands of child and infant car seats will be reformulated thanks to a settlement reported today.
The agreement requires Evenflo Company, Inc. to reformulate its baby car seats to remove harmful flame retardant chemicals to comply with California’s...
Posted on December 4, 2013
On behalf of its client Laurence Vinocur, The Chanler Group successfully negotiated a settlement with baby products manufacturer Evenflo Company, Inc. that will result in the reformulation of thousands of infant car seats and booster seats.
Evenflo allegedly manufactured thousands of car and...
Posted on December 4, 2013
Caremark LLC (Caremark) has agreed to pay the government more than $4.2 million to settle allegations, under the False Claims Act, that they knowingly failed to reimburse Medicaid for prescription drug costs, the Justice Department announced earlier this week. Caremark is operated by CVS...
Posted on December 3, 2013
Officials with the Federal Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently seized shipments of potentially hazardous toys, NJToday reported.
Last month, CBP officers intercepted two shipments arriving from China of toy dolls, cosmetic sets, fire trucks...
Posted on December 3, 2013
Several California companies and individuals that formerly supplied beef to the National School Lunch Program have agreed to settle allegations, under the False Claims Act, of inhumane handling of cattle, circumventing appropriate inspection of non-ambulatory disabled (“downer”) cattle...
Posted on December 2, 2013
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a consumer update containing suggestions on how to reduce the amount of acrylamide in one’s diet. Acrylamide is a chemical found in certain foods that have been fried, toasted or roasted, and has been shown to increase the risk of...
Posted on December 2, 2013
The largest solar energy installation in New York City will be built at Freshkills Parks on Staten Island, announced Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a statement last week. After a competitive bidding process, SunEdison was selected to design and operate a solar power facility on 47 acres of land...
