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Insurance Update - May 2023

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Additional insured disputes can sometimes get complicated. How much coverage the additional insured gets is often a hotly contested issue, especially when the named insured has coverage above the minimum limits it promised...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Third Circuit Creates Budding Circuit Split in United States v. Care Alternatives, Ruling That “Objective Falsity” Is Not Required...

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled last week that whistleblower relators need not show “objective falsity” to prove their claims, and that a dispute among physician experts about a clinical...more

Troutman Pepper

Eleventh Circuit Says Difference Of Opinion Does Not Establish Falsity In False Claims Act Case

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On September 9, in a setback for AseraCare but an overall win for hospice providers, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a Northern District of Alabama decision to grant a new trial in a False Claims Act (FCA) case against...more

Carlton Fields

Professional Services Exclusion Precludes Coverage for False Claims Act Suit

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It is not unusual for a directors and officers liability policy to have an exclusion for professional services. A such, a question often arises regarding whether the claimed wrongful conduct involved the rendering or failure...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Perspectives on Insurance Recovery

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Welcome to the latest edition of Pillsbury’s Perspectives on Insurance Recovery. As this 2015 edition of Perspectives demonstrates, our team is working on the most challenging issues—from cyber-insurance and complex claims...more

Proskauer - Insurance Recovery & Counseling

“Prior or Pending Litigation” Exclusion Bars Coverage for Litigation that Was Unknown to Policyholder

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Companies that do business with the federal government, or whose business transactions otherwise involve payments by the government, undoubtedly understand the exposure they face to “whistleblower” or “Qui Tam” lawsuits...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

A Cautionary Tale for Companies With Potential False Claims Act Exposure

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A False Claims Act suit can be a company’s worst nightmare, as it may potentially result in large settlements and awards on account of the statute’s trebled damages provision. However, the nightmare for AmerisourceBergen was...more

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After Arkansas Supreme Court Reverses $1.2 Billion Medicaid False Claims Verdict, Will State Attorneys General Rethink the Use of...

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On March 20, 2014, the Arkansas Supreme Court reversed a $1.2 billion judgment against Johnson & Johnson and its related companies over alleged Medicaid fraud stemming from the off-label marketing of the drug Risperdal. This...more

Cozen O'Connor

PA Court Holds Coverage is Barred Under Professional Liability Policy for False Claim Act Lawsuit Costs

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On July 16, 2013, the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas (Philadelphia County) granted summary judgment in favor of ACE American Insurance Company, holding that costs arising from False Claims Act Litigation were excluded...more

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