Office Depot will pay $68.5 million for allegedly overcharging various cities and towns for office supplies. More than 1,000 cities, counties, school districts and other government entities in California including Los Angeles and Santa Clara County will share in a $68.5 million settlement paid by Office Depot for allegedly...

U.S. Bank, a banking service company will pay $200 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly originating mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration that did not meet underwriting requirements. According to the complaint, U.S. Bank participated in the FHA insurance program as a direct endorsement lender with authority...

The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office has filed a lawsuit,allegeing that Universal Drywall, LLC and its owner, Richard Pelletier of Auburn, NH, violated the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act and the Massachusetts False Claims Act to gain an unfair competitive advantage over companies in Massachusetts. In 2013, The Fair...

Uncle Sam has filed a Complaint against Stevens-Henager College Inc, and its owner, The Center for Excellence in Higher Education for illegally compensating recruiters. The government says that the college paid improper incentices and falsely certified compliance with the provisions of federal law that prohibit a university from paying incentive based compensation to its...

Genzyme, a biotechnology corporation in Cambridge Massachusetts has agreed to pay $22.28 million to resolve a case which alleged false claims were submitted to federal and state health care programs for use of a "slurry" version of its Seprafilm adhesion barrier.Œ

A whistleblower has filed suit on behalf of the United States of America charging Dongwon Industries, South Korea's largest fishing company and owner of Starkist Tuna, of defrauding the U.S. The Complaint alleges that a former Dongwon exec used his daughters' acquired U.S. citizenship to create paper companies in the state of Delaware to obtain...

The top management of Flagstar Bancorp Inc. have been sued in a shareholder derivative action in Michigan Federal Court in which it is alleged that they breached fiduciary duties and were unjustly enriched all following the $133 million False Claims Act settlement with the Department of Justice. The $133 million settlement related to allegations that...