Fort Lee, N.J.-based Dava Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay $11 million to settle charges that it misreported drug prices in order to reduce its Medicaid drug rebate
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Yesterday, there was a belated celebration of the 25th anniversary of the False Claims Amendments Act of 1986. The Department of Justice marked the occasion with
A few weeks ago, perhaps the most reclusive and storied tax cheat in the modern era was discovered after more than 20 years in hiding. William Millard, the billionaire
In politics, language is everything. The politicians know that if you frame an issue properly, you are halfway to winning the battle. That's why we often end up with
Hagens Berman's managing partner Steve Berman today applauded the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) adoption of final rules for its new program
In 2002, Time magazine gave its coveted "Person of the Year" award to three women, including Sherron Watkins, who was formerly the vice-president of corporate development
Hagens Berman's managing partner Steve Berman today applauded the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) adoption of final rules for its new program encouraging
Managing Partner Steve Berman Pens a Guest Column on Whistleblowers for Puget Sound Business Journal
Hagens Berman Managing Partner Steve W. Berman recently penned a guest column for the Puget Sound Business Journal. Berman's column – available for viewing here
At one point in the 1999 movie "The Insider," 60 Minutes producer Lowell Bergman (portrayed by Al Pacino) tells distraught Big Tobacco whistleblower Jeffrey
A Wall Street Journal story featured two former Medtronic employees who alleged that the medical device maker engaged in off-label marketing of bilary stents for
Whether you're an employee at Pfizer Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Abbot Laboratories , Schering-Plough, AstraZeneca or any other Big Pharma company, you've
In what will hopefully be a short-lived opinion, a panel of the Ninth Circuit issued a per curiam opinion which appears to state that plaintiffs can never certify a class action for market manipulation....only for outright misrepresentations or ommissions---a curious if not frightening holding at a time when Wall Street has proven itself to be ....hmmm...shall we say less than ethical.
Healthcare reform - depending on your point of view or even your political affiliation - is either a long-overdue step to insure our nation's health, or the first step
An AP story I read yesterday cites that the potential cost for every American in aiding the financial rescue of our economy is about $80,000. With such a high investment in
When Cynthia Fitzgerald started out in pharmaceutical sales 20 years ago, she received ample training on the right and wrong ways to sell medical products
