Whistleblower
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November 3, 2014
Dignity Health has agreed to pay $37 million to settle allegations that 13 of its hospitals knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health programs Medicare and TRICARE for patients who could have been treated on an outpatient basis, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
The settlement resolves allegations that 13 Dignity...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, healthcare fraud, Medicare Fraud, Whistleblower, Whistleblower Award
October 9, 2014
On October 9, 2014, the parties executed an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved the allegations that whistleblower Paul Wozniak made against settling party Eze-Lap Diamond Products, Inc. (“Eze-Lap”). In this matter, Wozniak alleged that Eze-Lap sold metal diamond sharpeners containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, Eze-Lap Diamond Products, Inc., Hand Tools, Lead, Metal diamond sharpeners containing lead, Proposition 65, Whistleblower
October 14, 2014
The parties involved in the case Leeman v. Trademark Games, Inc. executed a Consent Judgment on October 14, 2014. In this matter, citizen enforcer Dr. Whitney Leeman alleged that Trademark Games, Inc. (“Trademark Games”) sold stools with vinyl/PVC upholstery containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, DEHP, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Stools with vinyl/PVC upholstery, Trademark Games, Inc., Whistleblower
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 Small Business (SDVOSB) on Coast Guard ship repair contracts, a company must be...
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 Justice announced earlier this week.
The settlement today resolves allegations...
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 the name One Step Diagnostic and is owned and controlled by Fuad Rehman Cochinwala...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, healthcare fraud, Medicare Fraud, Qui Tam, Whistleblower
October 15, 2014
Whistleblower Laurence Vinocur resolved his allegations against defendant Fairfield Processing Corporation (“Fairfield”) and retailer Michaels Stores, Inc. in the matter of Vinocur v. Ace Bayou Corp., et al., when the parties executed a Consent Judgment on October 15, 2014. In this enforcement action, Vinocur alleged that Fairfield sold foam cushioned...
Ace Bayou, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, Fairfield Processing Corporation, Flame Retardant, Foam, Laurence Vinocur, Michaels Stores, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning, Reformulation, TDCPP, vendor notification, Whistleblower
October 15, 2014
Whistleblower Anthony Held, Ph.D., P.E. and settling parties Dyna Group International and Great American Products, Inc. (collectively “Great American”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on October 15, 2014, which resolved Held’s allegations that Great American sold vinyl/PVC beverage insulators containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl...
Anthony E. Held, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, DEHP, Dining, Dyna Group International, Great American Products, Ltd., Kitchen, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Vinyl/PVC Beverage Insulators, Whistleblower
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 owned subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation.
The government’s...
October 8, 2014
On October 8, 2014, the parties involved in the matter between whistleblower Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D., and settling party Excel Hobby Blades Corp. (“Excel”) executed an out-of-court Settlement Agreement. In this case, Leeman alleged that Excel sold tools with vinyl/PVC grips containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in...
Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, DEHP, Excel Hobby Blades Corp., Hand Tools, Hardware, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning, Reformulation, Whistleblower, Whitney R. Leeman
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