Lance Armstrong Loses Bid to Stop $100M Federal lawsuit February 15, 2017 By Jim Vertuno A federal judge has refused to block the government’s $100 million lawsuit against Lance Armstrong, putting the former cyclist on...
Baxter to Pay $18M Over Mold at North Carolina Plant January 13, 2017 By Eric Beech and Sarah N. Lynch Baxter International has agreed to pay $18 million to resolve its criminal and civil liability over claims its unit ignored...
False Claims Settlements in 2016 Top $4.7 Billion: Justice Department December 15, 2016 The Department of Justice obtained more than $4.7 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false...
Supreme Court Justices Question State Farm Appeal of Katrina Jury Verdict November 2, 2016 By Lawrence Hurley The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared unlikely to throw out a jury verdict against State Farm that found the insurance...
Supreme Court Muddies Healthcare Liability Waters June 21, 2016 By Noah Feldman, Bloomberg Opinion The Supreme Court is supposed to take appellate cases to make the law clearer. Last week’s opinion on healthcare fraud...
Supreme Court to Hear State Farm’s Appeal of Katrina False Claims Ruling May 31, 2016 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear an appeal by State Farm contesting a jury finding that the...
Supreme Court Hears Claim Against Hospital for Allegedly Defrauding U.S. April 19, 2016 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled with the question of when federal contractors can be sued for defrauding the...
Ex-Executive’s Lawsuit Alleges AIG Defrauded U.S. in Bailout May 14, 2014 By Bob Van Voris American International Group Inc. defrauded the U.S. by failing to disclose it was selling insurance without a license during negotiations...
Lance Armstrong Seeks Dismissal of False Claims Lawsuit July 24, 2013 By Tom Schoenberg Lance Armstrong, the former champion cyclist, asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit claiming he defrauded the U.S. by...
State Farm Appeals Katrina Fraud Ruling in Mississippi May 13, 2013 State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. is asking a judge to void a jury’s finding that the company defrauded the...