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Oberheiden P.C.

Hernia Mesh Litigation: What a Global Settlement Would (and Wouldn’t) Mean for Patients and Their Families

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Recent events suggest that a global settlement in the longstanding hernia mesh multidistrict litigation (MDL) is on the horizon. Most recently, the parties jointly submitted two case management orders on July 5, 2024—CMO #52...more

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Kickbacks and Consequences: Lessons from the Innovasis Settlement

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On May 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) announced a $12 million settlement with Innovasis Inc., a medical device manufacturer, and two of its senior executives...more

King & Spalding

DOJ Announces False Claims Act Recoveries for FY 2022

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On February 7, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its annual False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries for fiscal year 2022. DOJ recovered $2.2 billion from a total of 351 settlements and judgments—the second-highest...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Migraine Company Fails to Avoid Own Headache: Jet Medical and Others to Pay $745,000 to Resolve Allegations that Medical Device...

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On January 4, 2023, the Department of Justice issued a press release stating that Jet Medical Inc. has agreed to pay $200,000 to resolve criminal allegations relating to a migraine headache treatment. Jet Medical and two...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Recent DOJ Settlements Involving DME Manufacturers Highlight Important Anti-Kickback Considerations

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​​​​​​​The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently announced two settlement agreements, both involving durable medical equipment (“DME”) companies, following allegations that the companies had violated the Anti-Kickback...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

False Claims Act Settlements to Know from Q3 2022

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The third quarter of 2022 brought a number of noteworthy False Claims Act (FCA) settlements, including several over $20 million and one in the high nine figures. This post summarizes key settlements of interest to healthcare...more

Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP

Manufacturer of Defective Heart Devices Settles False Claims Act Case for $27 Million

St. Jude Medical Inc. (“St. Jude”), which was acquired by Abbott Laboratories in 2017, entered into a settlement last week with the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) for $27 million to resolve allegations it had...more

Goodwin

Novel DOJ Settlement For Sunshine Act Violations

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On October 29, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a unique False Claims Act (“FCA”) settlement with medical device manufacturer Medtronic USA Inc. (“Medtronic”) for $9.2 million to resolve allegations...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - August 2019

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - Telecommunications Company Fined $12 Million for FCPA Violations - On August 29, 2019, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) instituted ceaseand-desist proceedings against...more

Knobbe Martens

Medtronic Settles Federal Lawsuit for $4.41 Million

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On April 2, 2015, the United States Department of Justice announced that Medtronic, a medical device manufacturer based in Ireland, reached a settlement agreement with the United States government for $4.41 million over...more

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Device Manufacturer Settles False Claims Act Allegations with DOJ for $1.25 Million

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that ev3 Inc. (which acquired Fox Hollow Technologies, Inc. (“Fox Hollow”), a medical device manufacturer, in late 2007) agreed to pay $1.25 million to resolve allegations...more

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