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Fourth Circuit Adopts Safeco Scienter Standard to Prove False Claims Act Violation in Legal Falsity Cases

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A few weeks ago, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit answered a critical inquiry in the False Claims Act (“FCA”) context: does a defendant violate the FCA when it’s reading of the regulation is objectionably...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Major Retail and Health Care Company Faces Fraudulent Billing Lawsuit

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Omnicare and CVS Face Fraudulent Billing Lawsuit - On Tuesday, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced a False Claims Act lawsuit against Omnicare, Inc. and its parent company, CVS Health...more

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Omnicare Settles Asylum Discrimination Claim with DOJ

Adding another wrinkle to the increasingly contentious debate on immigration, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently settled an asylum discrimination claim that it brought against Omnicare, a CVS Pharmacy subsidiary...more

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Omnicare Inc. Settles Kickback Allegations for $28 Million

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The United States Justice Department (DOJ) announced this week that Omnicare, Inc. (Omnicare), the largest nursing home pharmacy in the United States, will pay approximately $28 million dollars to resolve charges that it...more

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Blog: DOJ’s Record Year for FCA Recoveries Includes $2.3 Billion for Health Care Fraud

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this week that it recovered a record $5.69 billion in civil False Claims Act (FCA) settlements during fiscal year 2014. This recovery included $2.3 billion for FCA cases involving...more

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Blog: SCOTUS Hears Omnicare: When Can A Statement Of Opinion Be Actionable As A “False Statement Of Material Fact”?

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Yesterday, SCOTUS heard oral argument in Omnicare, Inc. v. Laborers District Council Construction Industry Pension Fund. The case seeks to answer this question: when can a statement of opinion be actionable as a “false...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Omnicare Petitioners and the United States Battle Over the Scope of Liability for Registration Statements

The Petitioners in Omnicare, Inc. v. The Laborers District Council Construction, No. 13-435 came out swinging in their opening merits brief to the Supreme Court, which granted certiorari earlier this year. See Brief of...more

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Lessons From Omnicare Settlement In 'Swapping' Cases

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On June 25, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had settled with Omnicare Inc. in two matters alleging that kickbacks resulted from below-cost discounts offered to skilled nursing homes as an inducement to select...more

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We Don’t Need No Intervention: Qui Tam Relator in Omnicare Wins Big Without DOJ

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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the settlement of two qui tam whistleblower lawsuits against Omnicare Inc., the largest nursing home pharmaceutical and pharmacy services vendor in the nation....more

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False claims by any other name: Medtronic and Omnicare cases illustrate the interplay between the False Claims Act and other...

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- Government allegations of Medtronic’s alleged incentives to physicians for prescribing its medical devices lead company, while denying wrongdoing, to settle False Claims Act suit predicated on Anti-Kickback Statute. ...more

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Omnicare Settles Two Qui Tam Cases Alleging “Swapping” Kickbacks to Nursing Homes

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The pharmacy provider agrees to pay US$124 million to resolve allegations of below-cost discounts. On June 25, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had settled with Omnicare, Inc. in two matters alleging...more

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