Law
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A whistleblower who helped unveil a Michigan doctor’s health care fraud can’t share in a $3.27 million settlement related to the scam because he didn’t allege the specific activities that were tied to that amount, a Michigan federal court ruled Monday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Fitbit investor sued the athletic technology company and its board on Friday in Delaware federal court, claiming they tried to mislead investors about the financial analyses associated with Fitbit’s recently announced plan to sell itself to Google for $2.1 billion… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A New York doctor was convicted on Thursday of taking kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics Inc. in exchange for prescribing a potent painkiller sold by the company, while he awaits trial on separate charges that he prescribed “staggering quantities” of Oxycodone and fentanyl that killed a patient… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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After the Trump administration sued Thursday to block a private group from building a wall-like structure along the U.S.-Mexico border, a Texas federal court ordered construction temporarily halted, saying it might run afoul of agreements between the two countries… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A class of Big Lots workers in California has asked a Golden State federal court to give an initial green light to a $7 million deal aimed at ending claims the company didn’t pay the workers for time they spent waiting to leave stores after clocking out… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 