Category Archives: Important News

Medtronic and Pfizer Medicaid Fraud Cases

The Medtronic and Pfizer Medicaid fraud cases are amongst the most recognized examples of a  Medical fraud investigation set in motion by a whistleblower. Both of these Medicaid fraud cases demonstrate how whistleblowers can effectively induce a medical fraud investigation as …

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Federal Whistleblower Lawsuit: Floyd Landis against Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong and his closest supporters were named as defendants in a federal whistleblower lawsuit filed by Armstrong’s former teammate Floyd Landis in 2010. The high profile individuals involved in the Lance Armstrong lawsuit has made it one of the …

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Famous Illegal Acts Committed by Businesses

Throughout the course of history the U.S has witnessed a wide range of illegal business practices including everything from bootlegging, drug trafficking, organized crime, money laundering and the hiring of illegal immigrants. Some of the most notorious illegal acts have included business …

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$26.6M Won’t Change Me, Whistleblower Says

By Jayne O’Donnell, USA TODAY Seven years ago, David Franklin sued his former employer, Warner-Lambert, for illegally marketing an epilepsy drug for unapproved uses. Little did he know how much that whistleblower lawsuit would unsettle his life. The microbiologist ended …

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Pfizer to Settle Drug Marketing Suit for $400 Million

May 13 (Bloomberg) — Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drugmaker, agreed to pay at least $400 million to settle civil charges after a whistleblower alleged that Parke-Davis paid kickbacks to encourage doctors to prescribe the epilepsy drug Neurontin for other …

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