April 15, 2015
"Serial" relator Fox Rx Inc. has lost a plea to avoid paying $168,000 in fees to Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP after a New York federal judge ruled Wednesday that the award was a reasonable reflection of the work the firm did defending a pharmacy services company from "frivolous" False Claims Act allegations brought by Fox.
January 06, 2015
A prescription drug plan sponsor in hot water over its "frivolous" suit alleging a pharmacy servicer falsely billed Medicare for brand-name and outdated drugs is fighting a fee request by the servicer's attorneys, saying the request was excessive in both the rates sought and the hours spent on the suit.
December 01, 2014
A New York federal judge on Monday ruled that a pharmacy services company is owed attorneys' fees in Fox Rx Inc.'s "clearly frivolous" False Claims Act suit that accused the company of unnecessarily billing Medicare for expensive branded drugs and expired drugs.
August 13, 2014
OmniCare Inc., PharMerica Corp. and a pharmacy services company won dismissal Tuesday of a suit accusing them of unnecessarily billing Medicare for expensive branded drugs and expired drugs, after a New York federal judge ruled that the plaintiff had not shown any False Claims Act violations.