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Halunen Law Partner Susan Coler Serves as Local Counsel in $850,000 Medicare Fraud Recovery

SAINT PAUL, Minn. (December 1, 2017) — A dermatologist’s whistleblower lawsuit recovered $850,000 for his fellow taxpayers, as the U.S. government settled fraud claims against a Minnesota skin-care practice and its owner, whom it had accused of false billing and unnecessary surgical procedures. The Employment Law Group® law firm represented the whistleblower, Dr. Jeff Samuelson, …

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$1 Million Settlement for Rochester Police Officer Opposing Racial Bias & Excessive Force

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rochester Police Officer Who Opposed Racial Bias and Excessive Force Obtains $1 Million Settlement, Halunen Law Reports. MINNEAPOLIS – (Sept. 19, 2017) A Rochester, Minn. police officer has obtained a $1 million settlement from the city of Rochester to resolve her employment discrimination and retaliation claims against the Rochester Police Department, according …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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