Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. to pay $420 Million to Resolve Claims Off-Label Promotion and Kickback Allegations. Private Relators Who Filed Claim to Receive Over $25 Million as a Reward.

Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc. to pay more than $313 Million to Resolve Claims it submitted false claims to federal health programs. Private Relators Who Filed Claim to Receive $14 Million as a Reward.

Allergan Inc. to pay $600 Million to resolve claims of Unlawful Marketing of Botox. Private Relators Who Filed Claims to Receive $37.8 Million as a Reward.

Hewlett-Packard agrees to Pay The United States $55 Million To Settle Allegations of Fraud Asserted by Private Relators.

National Cardio Labs to pay $3.6 Million to Resolve Claims it Defrauded Medicare and TRICARE. Private Relators Who Filed Claim to Receive $1.1 Million as a Reward.

Northrop Grumman to pay $12.5 Million to Resolve Case Alleging Test Violations. Former Employee Who Filed Claim to Receive over $2.3 Million as a Reward.

The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati to pay $108 Million to Resolve Allegations of Violating Anti-Kickback Laws. Private Relator Who Filed Claim to Receive $23.5 Million as a Reward.

Ciena Capital LLC, a private lender in New York City, has agreed to pay $26.3 Million to resolve claims that it submitted false certifications in connection with SBA loans. Private Relator Who Filed Claim to Receive $4.3 Million as a Reward.

Schwarz Pharma to pay $22 Million to Settle Claims that it Submitted Inflated Bills to the Government. Former Employee Who Filed Claim to Receive Over $1.8 Million as a Reward.

AstraZeneca to pay $520 Million to Resolve Claims of Off-Label Drug Marketing. Relator Who Filed Claim to Receive over $45 Million as a Reward.

Learning Tree International Inc. to Pay U.S. $4.5 Million to Settle Claims it Billed the Government for Training Courses Never Provided.

Florida Health Care Provider to Pay $12 Million to Settle Claims it Billed Medicare for Services Never Rendered. Former Employee who Filed Claims to Receive $2.64 Million as a Reward.

New Jersey Hospital to Pay $6.35 Million to Settle Claims it Defrauded Medicare. Private Relators who Filed Claims to Receive over $1.1 Million as a Reward.

Brookhaven Memorial Hospital in New York to Pay $2.92 Million to Settle Claims it Defrauded Medicare. Private Relator who Filed Claim to Receive $600,000 as a Reward.

National Dental Management Company to Pay $24 Million to Settle Claims that Unnecessary Dental Services Were Performed on Poor Children. Private Relators who Filed Claim to Receive $600,000 as a Reward.

Three New York City Home Health Agencies to Pay $9.7 Million to Resolve Claims of Billing for Home Health Aids With Phony Training Certificates. Private Relators who filed claims to receive over $1.9 Million as a Reward.

U.S. Justice Department Discloses that Civil Fraud Recoveries Reach $2.4 Billion in 2009. Persons who filed qui tam actions received over $255 Million in Rewards in 2009.

Boeing to Pay $25 Million to Settle Claims it Installed Defective Components on U.S. Air Force Refueling Planes. Former Employees who Filed Qui Tam Claims to Receive over $2.6 Million as a Reward.

Computer & Data Storage Company to pay $128 Million to Resolve Claims it Overcharged the Government for Software, and Data Storage. Former Employee Who Filed Claim to Receive Over $19 Million as a Reward.

Quest Diagnostics to pay $302 Million to Resolve Claims it Misbranded Medical Test Kits. Private Relator Who Filed Claim to Receive $45 Million as a Reward.

Northrop Grumman Corp to pay $325 Million for Selling Defective Satellite Parts. Private Relator Who Filed Claim to Receive $48.75 Million as a Reward.

San Mateo County, California, to pay $6.8 Million to resolve claims that it Submitted False Claims to Medicare. County Employee Who Filed Claim to Receive over $1 Million as a Reward.

APL LTD to pay $26.3 Million to resolve claims, asserted by one of its employees, that it Submitted Inflated Shipping Bills to the Government. Employee Who Filed Claim to Receive $5.2 Million as a Reward.

U.S. Justice Department Discloses that Civil Fraud Recoveries Reach $1.34 Billion for 2008. Persons who filed qui tam actions received over $198 Million in Rewards in 2008.

L-3 Communications to pay $4 Million to resolve claims, asserted by one of its employees, that it Submitted Inflated Bills to the Government. Employee Who Filed Claim to Receive $720,000 as a Reward.

New Jersey Based MedQuest to pay $6.6 Million to resolve claims, asserted by private Relators, that it Submitted Inflated Bills for Medical Transcription services to the Government. Relators Who Filed Claims to Receive over $500,000 as a Reward.

Bayer Healthcare MedQuest to pay $97.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Paying Kickbacks to Diabetic Suppliers.

Walgreens to pay $9.9 Million to Resolve Claims that it Falsely Billed Medicaid. Walgreens Employees Who Filed the Claims to Receive over $1.4 Million as a Reward.

Staten Island University Hospital to pay $74 Million to Settle Allegations of Medicaid & Medicare Fraud Asserted by Private Relators. Relators Who Filed Claims to Receive Over $9 Million as a Reward.

Pratt & Whitney and PCC Airfoils to Pay More Than $52 Million to Settle Allegations of Selling Defective Jet Engine Parts.

Cox Medical Centers to Pay $60 Million to Settle Allegations of Fraudulent Medicare Payments.

Toray Industries to pay $61.75 Million to Settle Allegations of Price Fixing Asserted by Private Relators. Relators who filed claims to receive up to 25%.

Medtronic Spine to pay $75 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations of Defrauding Medicare filed by two former employees. Former Employees who filed claims to receive $14.9 Million as a Reward.

Computer Sciences Corporation to pay $1.37 Million to Settle Allegations of Kickbacks Asserted by Private Relators. Relators who filed claims to receive up to 25%.

Florida Radiologist to pay $7 Million to Settle Allegations of Health Care Fraud asserted by Former Employee. Former Employee to receive $1.75 Million as a Reward.

Protective Products International Pays $960,000 to Settle Claims of Supplying Defective Zylon Bulletproof Vests.

North Carolina Dental Service Chain Pays $10 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations.

National Air Cargo to pay $28 Million to Settle Allegations of Defrauding the Department of Defense, Asserted by Former Employee. Former Employee to receive $3.3 Million as a Reward.

CVS to pay $36.7 Million to Settle Allegations of Medicaid Prescription Fraud asserted against it by a Pharmacist. Pharmacist to receive over $4.3 Million as a Reward.

Cathedral Healthcare System to pay $5.3 Million to Settle Allegations of Medicaid Fraud asserted against it by Private Relators. Relators to receive nearly $850,000 as a Reward.

Respiratory Equipment & Supplies Company to pay $17 Million to Settle Health Care Fraud Allegations.

Merck to pay $650 Million to settle claims of Medicaid fraud filed by former employee. Former employee who filed claims expected to receive $68 Million as a reward.

Sioux Manufacturing Corporation pays $2 Million to resolve allegations that it deliberately and systematically “shorted” an average of 10,000 strands of Kevlar from the helmets of U.S. Soldiers.

U.S. Justice Department discloses that civil fraud recoveries under the False Claims Act reached $2 Billion for 2007. Persons who filed qui tam claims received over $177 Million in rewards in 2007.

Aventis pays over $190 Million to Settle Drug Pricing Fraud allegations asserted by private relator. Person who asserted the allegations to receive approximately $32 Million as a reward.

IBM Corporation and PriceWaterhouseCoopers to pay over $5.2 Million to Settle False Claim allegations asserted by private relators. Persons who filed claims expected to receive up to $1.3 Million for having filed the claims.

Burlington Resources Inc. to pay $97.5 Million to resolve qui tam claims raised by private relator. Relator expected to receive up to $24.3 Million for having filed the claims.

Crane Co. to pay $7.5 Million to Settle False Claim allegations asserted by former employee. Former employee who filed claims expected to receive up to $1.8 Million as a reward.

Oakland City University to pay $5.3 Million to Settle False Claim allegations asserted by former employee. Former employee who filed claims expected to receive up to $1.4 Million as a reward.

U.S. Justice Department discloses that civil fraud recoveries reach $3.1 Billion for 2006, the largest amount recovered in a single year. Persons who filed qui tam claims received over $190 Million in 2006.

American Medical Response to pay $9 Million to resolve qui tam claims raised by former employees. Former employees to receive over $1.6 Million for having filed the claims.

Horizon West to pay $14.7 Million to resolve qui tam claims raised by former employee. Former employee expected to receive up to $3.6 Million for having filed the claims.

Wall Street money manager Mario Gabelli and Affiliates to pay $130 Million for allegedly defrauding the FCC. Persons who filed claims to receive $32.2 Million.

Boeing to pay $615 Million to resolve Fraud Allegations.

Tenet Healthcare Corporation to pay $900 Million to resolve claims of unlawful billing practices. Relators expected to receive up to $225 Million.

State of Indiana & ITS Intelenet Commission agree to pay $8.2 Million to Settle False Claims Involving E-Rate Program.

AT&T to pay over $2.9 Million to Resolve Allegations of Contracting Fraud. Relator expected to receive share.

St. Barnabas Corporation to pay $265 Million to resolve allegations of Defrauding Medicare. Relators expected to receive up to $66.2 Million.

Serono Corporation to pay $704 Million to resolve conspiracy allegations filed by former employees. Former employees to receive $51.8 Million for having filed claims.

Engineering and construction companies to pay nearly $25 Million to settle claims, by former employee, that the companies submitted inflated claims on Amtrak project to electrify rail corridor between New Haven and Boston.

GlaxoSmithKline to pay $150 Million to settle claims asserted by a private relator, who asserted that Glaxo set up a scheme to increase its sales of drugs through “marketing the spread.” Private relator to receive $26 Million for having filed the claims.

Massachusetts Attorney General intervenes in Relator’s lawsuit which claims that Caremark overbilled Massachusetts pharmacy plans for prescription drugs and related services.

PriceWaterHouseCoopers LLP. to pay $41.9 Million to settle qui tam claims that it submitted false claims to the government for travel reimbursements. Relator to receive share.

New York based Turner Construction Company will pay $6.6 Million to settle claims that it submitted false claims on construction projects which included construction of the federal courthouse on Long Island.