Whistleblower and Qui Tam Cases

Invitation Homes – $19.9 Million Settlement
In October 2024, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight and co-counsel Leonard Simon settled a California False Claims Act matter against Invitation Homes, the largest single-family corporate landlord in America. As part of the settlement, Invitation Homes agreed to pay 35 cities across California $19.9 million. Our client received roughly 20 percent of the settlement, or $4.6 million.
READ MORECDM Smith INC/CDM Federal Programs Corporation False Claims Act Lawsuit 5.65 Million Settlement
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2020 — Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight announced that CDM Smith, Inc., a construction and engineering company, and its wholly owned subsidiary CDM Federal Programs Corporation, which serves government agencies, have agreed to pay $5.65 million to the United States to settle False Claims Act and contractual claims.
READ MOREHumana Roche False Claims Act Action
Fortinet Qui Tam Settlement
Nagan Construction Whistleblower Lawsuit
Aurora Signature Whistleblower Suit
After more than three years of litigation, attorneys at Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight and Valerian Law announced they reached a landmark Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) settlement on behalf of a former nursing leader at a North Bay acute psychiatric hospital.READ MORE
Bon Secours Whistleblower Action
The original complaint in this matter (SDNY Case 1:10-cv-09650) was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on December 29, 2010, and unsealed by an Order of the Court on April 21, 2015. Relator asserts that between December 2004 until 2015, Bon Secours Health System, Inc., Bon Secours New York Health System and Schervier Long Term Home Health Care Program defrauded Medicaid and Medicare by filing millions of dollars in false claims for home health services provided to elderly and homebound patients. Poughkeepsie resident June Raffington, a licensed nurse in New York since 1986, is the relator in this qui tam matter.READ MORE
Atricure Whistleblower Fraud Matter
Oce North America Whistleblower Action–$1.2 Million Settlement
In September 2009, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight and the U.S. Government settled a whistleblower action under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) with Oce North America, Oce Imagistics, and Oce USA Holdings, Inc. (“Oce”), wholly owned subsidiaries of Oce, N.V. of the Netherlands.
READ MOREEndoscopic Technologies Qui Tam Action–$1.2 Million Settlement
In July 2009, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight and the U.S. Government settled a whistleblower action under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) with Endoscopic Technologies, Inc. (“Estech”), a medical device manufacturer.
READ MOREScripps Health System Whistleblower Lawsuit–$1.5 Million Settlement
Amgen Corporation – $762 Million Settlement
In December 2012, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight and the U.S. Government settled a whistleblower action under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) with Amgen Corporation, a leading biotech industry company.
READ MORETemple St. Clair Whistleblower Action – $796,000 Settlement
Pathway Genomics Corporation Qui Tam Action – $4.1 Million Settlement
In December 2015, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight and the U.S. Government settled a whistleblower action under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) and the Anti-Kickback Statute with San Diego-based genetic testing giant Pathway Genomics Corporation (“Pathway”).
READ MOREOmnicare Whistleblower Lawsuit–$124 Million Settlement
Nargol et al. v. DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. et al.
New York City Department Of Education–$1.375 Million Settlement
Smith and Nephew Qui Tam Lawsuit–$11.3 Million Settlement
In September 2014, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight and the U.S. Government settled a whistleblower action under the Trade Agreements Act (“TAA”) and the False Claims Act (“FCA”) with Smith and Nephew, Inc., one of the world’s largest medical device manufacturers.
READ MOREMeridian Surgical Partners False Claims Act Action–$5.1 Million Settlement
In September 2014, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight and the U.S. Government settled a whistleblower action under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) and the Anti-Kickback Statute with Meridian Surgical Partners, LLC (“Meridian”), a Tennessee-based health care company that acquires and manages ambulatory surgical centers (“ASCs”).
READ MOREUnited States ex rel. Sherwin v. Office Depot (Los Angeles County Superior Court) – $68 Million Settlement
United States ex rel. Cox Et Al v. Medtronic (D. Minn.) – $23.5 Million Settlement
International Vitamin Corporation – $22.865 Million Settlement
Qui Tam Fraud Action Against Medtronic
In December 2011, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight and the U.S. Government settled two whistleblower actions brought under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) with Medtronic, Inc., one of the world’s largest medical device manufacturers. As part of the settlement, Medtronic agreed to pay the government $23.5 million. Three relators received approximately 17% of the settlement, or $3.8 million, and a fourth relator received $160,160. Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight represented two of the relators in the Minnesota matter.
READ MORENavistar False Claims Act Lawsuit–$50 Million Settlement
In 2013, Duquoin Burgess, a former contract director at Navistar, filed the Complaint against Navistar Defense and Navistar International for violations of the False Claims Act. Seven years later, Navistar agreed to pay $50 million to resolve the FCA allegations.
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