A federal judge in Massachusetts dismissed a former Cardinal Health executive's qui tam action accusing five physician practices of accepting kickbacks because the allegations closely mirrored those ...

Judges cannot dismiss federal False Claims Act actions based on the law's first-to-file rule on jurisdictional grounds, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday in ...

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US District Judge Barbara Rothstein said she granted the motion because the two lawsuits were very similar and it would promote efficiency and avoid duplicative litigation. A US judge has granted ...