On behalf of their clients, Halunen Law and Morgan Verkamp, LLC are pleased to announce that Tareen Dermatology, P.A., and founder Mohiba Tareen, M.D. and CEO Basir Tareen, M.D. (the “Tareens”) have agreed to pay $1,630,000 to the United States to resolve allegations of false claims submitted for certain dermatology procedures in violation of the […]
On behalf of their clients, Stone Law Firm, LLC, Del Sole Cavanaugh Stroyd LLC, Simpson Law Firm, LLC, and Morgan Verkamp, LLC are pleased to announce that the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) will pay $38 million to settle a long-running False Claims Act case relating to UPMC’s Department of Neurological Surgery.
On behalf of their client Ann Keating, Morgan Verkamp LLC, Cincinnati, OH and Denton Law, Virginia Beach, VA are pleased to announce that London Bridge Trading Company, Ltd, (“LBT”) Virginia Beach, VA agreed to pay the United States nearly $2.1 million to resolve allegations brought in a False Claim Act lawsuit filed in 2016 by […]
On May 12, 2023, a more than $487 million-dollar judgment was entered against Defendants Cameron-Ehlen Group, Inc. dba Precision Lens and its owner Paul Ehlen for violations of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute. The judgment is the largest judgment entered under the False Claims Act.
Jitendra Swarup pays over $2,900,000 to the United States to resolve False Claims Act allegations brought by relator Kipp Fesenmaier. The United States intervenes against additional defendants.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CINCINNATI, OHIO, August 21, 2017 SIGHTPATH MEDICAL AND ITS FORMER PRESIDENT PAY $12,000,000 TO THE UNITED STATES TO RESOLVE FALSE CLAIMS ACT ALLEGATIONS BROUGHT BY FORMER VICE PRESIDENT KIPP FESENMAIER Sightpath Medical, its parent, TLC Vision Corporation, and Sightpath’s former President James Tiffany have paid $12 million to resolve federal False Claims Act […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CINCINNATI, OHIO, October 5, 2016 NOVARTIS PAYS MORE THAN $35,000,000 TO UNITED STATES AND EIGHT STATES TO RESOLVE FALSE CLAIMS ACT CASE BROUGHT BY FORMER SALES REP DON GALMINES Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation has paid more than $35 million to resolve federal and state False Claims Act allegations resulting from the off-label marketing for […]
Below is a link to the Amicus Curiae brief to the Supreme Court of the United States that Morgan Verkamp LLC submitted on behalf of Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents can be read here: Brief of TAFEF Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents
Supplemental Brief for Amicus Curiae Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund in Support of Appellants and Reversal of District Court’s March 24, 2014 Order TAFEF Supplemental Amicus Brief Brief for Amicus Curiae Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund in Support of Appellants and Reversal TAFEF Amicus Curiae Brief Brief of Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund as Amicus Curiae in […]
United States ex rel. Beaujon v. Hebrew Homes Health Network, Inc. Practice Area: Healthcare Result: Settled in 2015 for $17,000,000 Miami, Florida Relator Stephen Beaujon was the Chief Financial Officer for one of Florida’s largest nursing home networks, Hebrew Homes, when he discovered that his company was offering physicians illegal kickbacks in exchange for patient […]