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Maryland Governor signs False Claims Act
Governor Martin O?Malley has signed the Maryland False Health Claims Act, introduced as Senate Bill 279.The Governor's press release says that the new legislation will allow Maryland to recover damages and penalties from individuals who defraud the state by filing false claims against state health plans and programs, including Medicaid...

A Contractor Faulty Estimate Should Not Trigger False Claims Act Violation
A threshold requirement under the False Claims Act is that a "false claim" exists, that is, that the claim be objectively "false."  Expressions of opinion, scientific judgments or statements as to conclusions about which reasonable minds may differ cannot be false as required by the False Claims Act...

"Polluting Medical Judgment False Assumptions in the Pursuit of False Claims Regarding Off-Label Prescribing"
Sandra Johnson (Saint Louis University) in the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology:Over half of the FDA-approved prescription medications taken by patients are prescribed for a different purpose, in a higher or lower dose, for a discrete population, or...

Around the Web, May 2
The Wall Street Journal knocks Sen. Chuck Grassley's attempts to rewrite the False Claims Act in an editorial, "False Claims Gold Rush": "This reform would greatly expand the universe of false-claim targets...

False Claims Act (Qui tam) Law) under Review, Congress to Expand Whistleblower Incentives in Fed Fraud Lawsuits
To ensure stimulus package moneys are properly used, the False Claims Act may see its greatest expansion since the False Claims Act Amendments of 1986. The False Claims Act, also known as Lincoln?s Law for the laws established to reduce the rampant fraudulent billing during the Civil War, was created to punish misuse of government funds and recover lost government moneys by establishing a financial incentive for whistleblowers...

Kansas cardiologist settles FCA suit
Joseph P. Galichia, M.D. and his practice group have agreed to pay the United States $1.3 million to settle claims that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare, the Justice Department announced...

Maryland Feds Score Another Mortgage Fraud Guilty Plea, Snag Suspect In Another Alleged Scam
From the Office of the U.S. Attorney in Maryland:Bethesda Womam Pleads Guilty In Mortgage Fraud Scheme (Recruited Straw Purchasers and Prepared False Documents to Buy Properties, Resulting in Over $2...

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

False Claims
Attorney Robert Arledge ordered to pay $5.8 million after making false Fen Phen settlement claims.

Alta College
Settles False Claims Allegatiions for $7 Million

Vytorin Marketing
alleged false claims in marketing campaign.

LINA - Cigna Life Insurance Company of North America Disability Claims
LINA Insurance alleging violations of disability insurance claims.

Bayer to Pay $3.3 Million To Settle One A Day Vitamin Claims
Bayer to Pay $3.3 Million To Settle One A Day Vitamin Claims

Tuberculosis Testing:
False Positives