Actavis settles Medicaid fraud case for $84 million Reuters [Article submitted by Dr. Caroline Poplin] Actavis Group, a privately held generic pharmaceutical company based in Iceland, has settled a Medicaid fraud case for $84 million with the state of Texas. According to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, Actavis had been […]

On behalf of The Evans Law Firm on Friday, January 20, 2012. ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Abuse Pair Prepare for Hearing, Jury Trial in Bakersfield Kern Valley Sun In Kern County, 30-year-old Joseph McCoy and his 54-year-old mother Darlene Green took part in a Readiness Hearing at which they faced charges […]

Michigan man spearheads Medicare fraud lawsuit, wins; GE Healthcare settles lawsuit for $30M In Michigan, the company GE Healthcare has settled a lawsuit for $30 million with an individual named James Wagel. Wagel filed the suit in 2006 on behalf of the government under the federal False Claims Act, and […]

On behalf of The Evans Law Firm on Thursday, January 19, 2012. ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblower Records Shed Light On BNY Mellon Case [Article submitted by Justin Victor of Grant & Eisenhofer] Whistleblower Grant Wilson has aided a lawsuit against and federal investigation into the Bank of New York Mellon Corp […]

On behalf of The Evans Law Firm on Thursday, January 19, 2012. ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Ohio Jewish Retirement Community Opens Elder Abuse Shelter JTA The Cedar Village Retirement Community in Mason, Ohio has opened the state’s first shelter for abused elderly. This shelter will allow abused seniors a stay of 90-120 […]

On behalf of The Evans Law Firm on Wednesday, January 18, 2012. ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Stronger Measures Needed to Curb Fraud by Medical Device Suppliers Fraud and abuse from Medicare suppliers remains a problem for Medicare and Medicaid, says the Office of Inspector General (OIG) in Washington. In an examination that […]

See below on Risperdal proposed settlement numbers.  This is actually a small settlement considering total sales, black box warning, and major side effects.  The medicare system will be burdened with diabetes caused by this drug for sometime.  The bottom line of the article is telling: $65 dollar stock down eight […]

On behalf of The Evans Law Firm on Wednesday, November 30, 2011. ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER J.P. Morgan Chase has agreed to settle securities fraud charges for $153.6 million. According to the lawsuit, J.P. Morgan had willfully misled investors in the days leading up to the stock market collapse of 2008. The […]

On behalf of The Evans Law Firm on Monday, October 24, 2011. ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER On Wednesday October 19, 2011, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee passed three bills to combat wasteful governmental spending, strengthen federal whistleblower protections and improve interagency communications with a rotational program. To read the […]

On behalf of The Evans Law Firm on Monday, October 24, 2011. ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Obama administration, with the bipartisan help in Congress, has more than tripled the amount of money it has recovered through efforts to stopMedicaid fraud in the past six years. In 2004, the government recouped gained […]