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SIGHTPATH MEDICAL AND ITS FORMER PRESIDENT PAY $12,000,000 TO THE UNITED STATES TO RESOLVE FALSE CLAIMS ACT ALLEGATIONS
A $12 million settlement was reached in a False Claims Act case alleging kickbacks to physicians for using Sightpath Medical Products in eye surgeries. The relator, Kipp Fesenmaier, was vice president of the company and reported that kickbacks were being offered to physicians to bribe them to use Sightpath Medical products. These kickbacks came in …
Halunen Law Attorneys Susan Coler and Nathaniel Smith present CLE webinar: Navigating Lincoln’s Law – The False Claims Act for Employment Lawyers
Has a potential client come to you who is talking about fraud involving a contract or program that receives government funding? That person just might have a strong suit for filling a qui tam case. To give you an idea of what we are talking about consider just a few of the following examples of …
Department of Justice Intervenes in Fraud Cases Against UnitedHealth
With all of the news surrounding the fate of the Affordable Care Act lately, you may have missed that the government intervened in two lawsuits alleging fraud against the country’s largest health insurance company, Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group. Since the beginning of this year, the Department of Justice joined two separate False Claims Act cases against …
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Halunen Law Launches Securities Fraud Investigation Against MiMedx Group Inc.
MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Halunen Law (www.halunenlaw.com) has initiated an investigation into MiMedx Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDXG) (“MiMedx” or the “Company”) regarding whether the Company’s board breached its fiduciary duties to shareholders or engaged in other violations of state or federal law. On Dec. 15, 2016, Halunen Law filed a complaint on behalf of two employee whistleblowers against …
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There’s No Smoking Gun” – Coler Speaks at National Conference
Halunen partner and whistleblower/False Claims Act attorney Susan Coler recently spoke at the National Employment Lawyers Association 2016 Annual Conference in Los Angeles. Her topic was proving discrimination and retaliation when there is no “smoking gun” — that is, when there is no direct evidence of illegal conduct. She noted that the law allows juries …
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Halunen Law Partner Speaks at National Conference on Complex Consumer Litigation
Join Us at Perrin Conferences Join Melissa W. Wolchansky at Perrin Conferences’ Challenges Facing the Food & Beverage Industries in Complex Consumer Litigations on Tuesday, November 10, at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C. This event brings together the premier attorneys and leaders in the food and beverage industries, including many of the nation’s leading plaintiff and …
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Halunen Law featured in Bloomberg Businessweek, Fortune & Money
Halunen Law was recently featured in an article, published in Bloomberg Businessweek, Fortune, and Money that recognizes them for some of their outstanding work concerning different whistleblower retaliation and government fraud cases. Read the full article: Righting Corporate Wrongs: One Law Firm’s Fight for Justice
DHS Whistleblower Case Settled
The whistleblower case filed on behalf of Paul Olson, a high level employee of Minnesota’s Department of Human Services (DHS) has settled for $295,000. Olson had alleged that the DHS had ostracized him and removed all meaningful responsibilities from his position after he refused his managers’ demands to violate a statute to give a financial …
Whistleblower Awarded Nearly $1 Million after Exposing Globe University
Weber was fired after bringing evidence to members of the executive leadership at Globe about illegal and deceptive claims being made by the school in its student recruitment advertising materials. A Minnesota district court judge ruled that the for-profit Globe University must pay more than $500,000 in attorneys’ fees and related costs to Heidi Weber …
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IKO case update – Judge Denies Class Certification
On January 28, 2014, Judge Harold Baker denied Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification. In his ruling, Judge Baker reasoned that the evidence provided to the Court was insufficient to support a finding that Plaintiffs have each experienced the same type of damage. In particular, Judge Baker disagreed with Plaintiffs’ attorneys that the damages experienced by …
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