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J. Whelan affirms a magistrate judge's discovery order denying Abbott Laboratories' motion to compel production of a private fund advisor's disclosure statements to the government in false claims action accusing Abbott of engaging in a nationwide scheme of paying illegal kickbacks to physicians and hospitals. "Abbott has not known a 'substantial need' to overcome the work product doctrine and access the disclosure statement since Abbott's asserted public disclosure defense, as pled, is too conclusory."
Court: USDC Southern District of California, Judge: Whelan, Filed On: May 14, 2024, Case #: 3:20cv286, NOS: False Claims Act - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: discovery, false Claims
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J. Hollander denies a pharmacist his motion for partial summary judgment before discovery following the criminal prosecution of his former employer, a pharmacy owner, who submitted false claims to Medicare and TRICARE and a created a kickback scheme. However, because multiple documents remain sealed from the criminal trial, the pharmacist cannot prove himself as an original source of information, which the owner contests, so summary judgment cannot be awarded.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Hollander, Filed On: May 24, 2023, Case #: 1:17cv2335, NOS: Qui Tam (31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)) - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Medicare, discovery, false Claims