Kia is recalling 106,428 model year 2015-2018 Sedona minivans because their sliding doors may not automatically reverse if they close on a limb, according to documents filed at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Mercy Health settles what's called a False Claims Act, which fines companies, often in healthcare or pharmaceutical fields, for defrauding governmental programs.
The ban, which came into effect on Thursday, only affects two roads, but it's a big move nonetheless in a country where the auto industry is both key to the economy and a focal point for the "Dieselgate" emissions scandal. The diesel engine, in fact, is named after Rudolf Diesel, the German engineer who invented it.
The U.S. has opened a criminal investigation into whether traders manipulated prices in the $550 billion market for unsecured bonds issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, according to people familiar with the matter.
The lawsuit was brought under the qui tam, or whistleblower, provisions of the False Claims Act by three former employees of Inchcape.
The judgment follows the January 31, 2018, jury verdict finding the three individuals liable for violating the False Claims Act (FCA) by paying remuneration to physicians in exchange for patient referrals, in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute, and causing two laboratories to bill federal health care programs for medically unnecessary testing.
A federal jury found a physician guilty today for her role in a scheme involving approximately $8.9 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for home health care and other physician services that were procured through the payment of kickbacks, were not medically necessary, not actually provided or, in some cases, were provided by the defendant, who was not a licensed physician during the conspiracy.
Today's automotive industry being as it is, collaboration between Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Volkswagen is a given in more than one areas. The three have even been involved together in the European Research Group on Environment and Health in the Transport Sector, an organization linked with an emissions experiment on 10 macaque monkeys in the U.S.
Pfizer Inc agreed to pay $23.85 million to resolve U.S. charges that it used a purportedly independent charity to pay illegal kickbacks to Medicare patients, covering their out-of-pocket costs for its prescription drugs.
The issue can be triggered when the car accelerates while operating under cruise control, which it might do in order to maintain its speed while climbing a hill, the company said. This could potentially cause a short circuit.
Cambridge Analytica whistle-blower Christopher Wylie said Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg engaged in "a spectacle of non-answers" in testimony before U.S. and European lawmakers that would increase the chances the social network will face regulation and further harm the trust of its users.
The scheme is alleged to have resulted a loss of up to $1.8 million to the Medicare program by submitting claims to Medicare from 2013 through 2017 related to Medicare beneficiary information that he obtained by paying illegal kickbacks.
A former Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. executive was found guilty of accepting a $10 million bribe for manipulating the company's takeover of a startup mail-order pharmacy in 2014 -- the latest fallout from a scandal that shook the drugmaker.
GlaxoSmithKline is facing fresh criticism over the way it treats whistleblowers after a lawsuit was filed by a former senior technical lead claiming he was harassed and wrongfully dismissed after repeatedly warning over issues with the pharmaceutical giant's computer fleet.
The Justice Department and the Virginia attorney general's office are jumping in to a whistleblower's lawsuit alleging a subcontractor deliberately used bad concrete on a $2.6 billion project to extend the D.C. region's Metrorail system to Dulles International Airport.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is pitching a fake initial coin offering to educate investors on the pitfalls of too-good-to-be-true ventures. The bogus digital currency, called HoweyCoins, has a sleek website, complete with a white paper, and pictures of made-up celebrity promoters and luxurious destinations. The token's backers anticipate at least 1 percent daily returns and a hedge against inflation by combining "the magic of coin trading profits and the excitement and guaranteed returns of the travel industry.
Prosecutors have already charged Insys founder John Kapoor and won guilty pleas from two characters in an ongoing kickbacks probe. Now, the Justice Department has escalated the case by joining in with whistleblowers who've detailed a stunning range of techniques the company allegedly used to push its powerful opioid painkiller.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is getting a double dose of bad news as the company has been hit with an amended class-action lawsuit which claims at least two defeat devices were installed in 2007-2012 Ram 2500 and 3500 trucks equipped with the Cummins 6.7-liter diesel engine.
The chief executive of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV admonished a company spokesman in 2015 for saying the company didn't rig its vehicles with illegal software to pass emissions tests, according to documents filed in a related lawsuit.
The U.S. Department of Justice has joined whistleblower litigation accusing Insys Therapeutics Inc of trying to generate more profit by paying kickbacks to doctors to prescribe powerful opioid medications.
