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Pharmacy Benefit Manager Caremark Found Liable Under the False Claims Act for $95 Million in Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Pricing Fraud

July 11, 2025

Pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) Caremark (a part of CVS Health) has been found liable under the False Claims Act for causing health insurers to report fraudulent prices to the Medicare...

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Erica Blachman Hitchings Publishes Article: “Spotlight On Medicare Marketing Practices Enforcement Trend”

July 11, 2025

A version of this article appeared in Law360: Expert Analysis on July 10, 2025. WLC’s Erica Blachman Hitchings co-authored the piece with Li Yu of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP...

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2025 False Claims Act Penalties

July 8, 2025

On July 3, 2025, the Government updated the Civil False Claims Act penalties to account for inflation. Now, for violations assessed after July 3, 2025, the civil False Claims Act...

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False Claims Act Penalties: A Complete Guide

July 8, 2025

The False Claims Act requires a penalty for each each violation. The FCA penalty amount also increases with inflation each year. Currently, False Claims Act penalties range as high as $28,619...

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Ninth Circuit: Customs Fraud Can Trigger False Claims Act Liability

June 30, 2025

In a major win for whistleblowers, the Ninth Circuit has issued a landmark decision in Island Industries v. Sigma Corp.  The decision holds that importers who knowingly evade customs duties...

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WLC Client Who Stopped a Massive Medicaid Fraud Scheme by Blowing the Whistle on Mallinckrodt – Featured on The Anti-Fraud Coalition Podcast Fraud in America

June 27, 2025

WLC client Jamie Landolt became a whistleblower after discovering his employer Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals was underpaying Medicaid rebates, violating the False Claims Act. What happened next was an incredibly fast False...

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