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  1. January 13, 2021

    Whistleblowers Win $5.5M Atty Fees In Boston Scientific Case

    Whistleblowers who settled a False Claims Act suit against Boston Scientific after years of litigation won the $5.5 million in attorney fees that the medical device maker called "grossly excessive and disproportionate," according to an order made public by the New Jersey federal court on Wednesday.

  2. March 02, 2020

    Boston Scientific Blasts $5.5M Atty Fee Award In FCA Suit

    Boston Scientific implored a New Jersey federal judge to reduce a $5.5 million counsel fee award recommended for whistleblowers who settled a False Claims Act suit against the company, saying Friday that the "grossly excessive and disproportionate" award was improperly based on pricey New York rates.

  3. February 19, 2020

    'Vague' Fee Entries Targeted In Boston Scientific FCA Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge said whistleblowers' lawyers should get about $2 million less than the roughly $7.6 million in attorney fees and costs they want from Boston Scientific after settling a False Claims Act suit, citing vague billing entries for hundreds of hours spent "reviewing documents."

  4. December 22, 2015

    Boston Scientific Can't Get Fees From Blank Rome DQ

    Boston Scientific will not get attorney fees out of their successful bid to disqualify Blank Rome counsel from the False Claims Act suit against the company, after a New Jersey federal judge ruled Tuesday the firm did not extend the proceedings by failing to drop out.

  5. November 30, 2015

    Blank Rome DQed From Boston Scientific Kickback Suit

    In a published opinion, a New Jersey federal judge on Monday overturned a federal magistrate judge's decision by disqualifying Blank Rome LLP from representing two whistleblowers because an associate with the firm used to work with Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp., which faces kickback allegations involving a spinal-cord device.

  6. September 05, 2014

    Boston Scientific Whistleblowers Can't Duck Counterclaims

    A New Jersey federal court on Thursday refused to throw out a breach of contract counterclaim in which medical device maker Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. claims its False Claims Act whistleblowers held onto confidential information after they were fired. 

  7. August 07, 2013

    Whistleblowers Rip Boston Scientific's Bid To Bar Evidence

    Two former employees pursuing a False Claims Act suit against a Boston Scientific Corp. unit said Wednesday that the company can't block critical evidence in the case by claiming the whistleblowers obtained it in violation of their employment contracts.

  8. May 31, 2013

    Boston Scientific Unit Can't Duck FCA Claims, DQ Blank Rome

    A Boston Scientific Corp. unit failed Friday to shake whistleblower claims in New Jersey federal court alleging it illegally paid doctors to promote off-label uses of its spinal cord device and of billing Medicare and Medicaid for such uses, and couldn't stop Blank Rome LLP from representing former employees making the allegations.

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