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		<title>Senator Grassley Shines Spotlight on Whistleblower Protection in the Pharmaceutical Industry and Seeks Data From Drugmakers on Treatment Of Whistleblowers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Great news Whistleblowers! U.S. Senator Charles Grassley, principal sponsor of the 1986 Amendments to the False Claims Act (FCA), co-sponsor of the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1986, and lead sponsor of the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, and a personal champion of the effort to eradicate Medicare and Medicaid fraud, has brought renewed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.false-claims-act.com/2010/07/13/senator-grassley-shines-spotlight-on-whistleblower-protection/</link>
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		<title>Learning Tree International Charged Government for Courses That Never Occurred, Will Pay $4.5 Million</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On April 7, 2010, the Department of Justice announced the settlement of a False Claims Act case involving Learning Tree International Inc. The company has agreed to pay the federal government $4.5 million to resolve allegations that it improperly invoiced federal agencies in advance for information technology training courses that were never actually provided. Under [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.false-claims-act.com/2010/04/19/learningtre/</link>
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		<title>Medical Device Manufacturer Lied About Internal Heart Defibrillators, Will Pay Over $296 Million</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On April 5th, 2010, the Department of Justice reported the settlement of a False Claims Act involving Guidant LLC.  The medical device manufacturer has agreed to pay over $296 million to resolve allegations that it lied to the Food &#38; Drug Administration (FDA) to cover up fatal errors in three of its implantable cardioverter defibrillators. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.false-claims-act.com/2010/04/19/guidan/</link>
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		<title>Alpharma to Pay $42.5 Million for Kickbacks and Misinformation Campaign Over Morphine-Based Drug</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, March 16th, the Justice Department announced the settlement of a False Claims Act case involving the pharmaceutical company Alpharma Inc. The drug manufacturer, now a subsidiary of King Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Bristol, Tennessee, agreed to pay $42.5 million to resolve allegations with its marketing of the morphine-based drug Kadian.  Between January 1, 2000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.false-claims-act.com/2010/04/06/alpharm/</link>
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		<title>Pennsylvania Judges Imprisoned For Kickback Scheme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two judges have each agreed to plead guilty and serve more than seven years in prison for receiving kickbacks from a private juvenile detention facility. Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan, both of the Luzerne County Common Pleas Court of Pennsylvania, were alleged to have received over $2.6 million for decisions from the bench that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.false-claims-act.com/2010/02/09/pennsylvania-judges-imprisoned-for-kickback-scheme/</link>
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		<title>Eli Lilly Settles For Largest Criminal Fine in US History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On January 15, 2009, the Department of Justice reported that Eli Lilly and Company has agreed to plead guilty and pay $1.415 billion to resolve civil and criminal allegations.  The resolution includes a criminal fine of $515 million, the largest criminal fine ever imposed on an individual corporation in a United States criminal prosecution. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.false-claims-act.com/2010/02/09/eli-lilly-settles-for-largest-criminal-fine-in-us-history/</link>
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		<title>Yale Mismanaged Research Grants; Will Pay $7.6 Million</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On December 23, 2008, the District of Connecticut United States Attorney’s Office released a settlement by Yale University to pay $7.6 million to resolve False Claims Act and common law allegations.  The school allegedly mismanaged federally funded research grants it was awarded between January 2000 and December 2006 by approximately 30 federal agencies and entities.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.false-claims-act.com/2010/02/09/yale-mismanaged-research-grants-will-pay-7-6-million/</link>
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		<title>Dental Management Company Preyed On Vulnerable Children; Will Return $24 Million To Taxpayers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States announced on January 20, 2010, the settlement of False Claims Act allegations against FORBA Holdings LLC, a dental management company that provides business management and administrative services to 69 clinics nationwide known as “Small Smiles Centers.” Under the agreement, FORBA will pay the United States and participating states $24 million, plus interest, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.false-claims-act.com/2010/01/27/dental-management-company-preyed-on-vulnerable-children-will-return-24-million-to-taxpayers/</link>
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		<title>Chevron Will Pay Over $45 Million For Underpaying Royalties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On December 23, 2009, the Department of Justice reported the settlement of a False Claims Act case involving Chevron Corporation, Texaco, Unocal Incorporated and their affiliates (the Chevron companies), for violating the False Claims Act by knowingly underpaying royalties owed on natural gas produced from federal and Indian leases. The companies have agreed to pay [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.false-claims-act.com/2010/01/27/chevron-will-pay-over-45-million-for-underpaying-royalties/</link>
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		<title>Oklahoma Hospital To Pay $13 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On December 22, 2009, the Department of Justice released the settlement of a False Claims Act case involving St. John Health System of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The health provider has agreed to pay the United States $13,229,348.88 to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid. Specifically, the United States determined that St. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.false-claims-act.com/2010/01/27/oklahoma-hospital-to-pay-13-million-to-resolve-false-claims-act-allegations/</link>
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