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Higgins, et al. v. Boston Scientific Corporation
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0:11-cv-02453
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August 13, 2021
Boston Scientific Beats FCA Suit Over Defective Defibrillators
Boston Scientific Corp. on Thursday prevailed in a False Claims Act suit accusing the company of selling defective defibrillators, with a Minnesota federal judge ruling that the case hasn't turned up any evidence that would convince a reasonable jury to find the company intentionally misrepresented its devices to regulators.
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January 01, 2020
Top 6 Under-the-Radar Gov't Contract Decisions In 2019
Courts, boards of appeal and the U.S. Government Accountability Office made several decisions in 2019 that may not have attracted widespread attention but nonetheless affected the legal landscape for federal government contractors. Here, Law360 reviews the biggest under-the-radar decisions from 2019 that contractors should be aware of going into the New Year.
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November 25, 2019
Boston Scientific Gets Sanctions Nixed In FCA Suit
A Minnesota federal judge on Monday overturned sanctions imposed on Boston Scientific Corp. for allegedly trying to hide a key witness in a False Claims Act case accusing the company of selling defective defibrillators, saying the company should be able to tell its side of the story.
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October 31, 2019
Boston Scientific Says Sanctions Stem From 'Fictional Story'
Boston Scientific Corp. urged a Minnesota federal district judge Wednesday to reject a magistrate judge's decision to sanction the company in a case over allegedly defective defibrillators, slamming the sanctions order as resting "entirely on a fictional story of discovery abuse that never took place."
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October 17, 2019
Boston Scientific Sanctioned For 'Shenanigans' In FCA Suit
A Minnesota federal judge sanctioned Boston Scientific Corp. for trying to hide a key witness in a False Claims Act case alleging the company sold defective defibrillators, in a scathing ruling that compared Boston Scientific's counsel to "a corporate lawyer caricature found in cartoon caption contests."