July 26, 2019
An eye product supplier accused of paying kickbacks to doctors urged a Minnesota federal court to disqualify U.S. government attorneys in addition to throwing out the False Claims Act lawsuit, saying the attorneys violated a no-contact rule by allowing taped phone calls with the company's owner.
July 22, 2019
The government must turn over details about false claims purportedly stemming from an eye product supplier's kickbacks and the investigation into the alleged scheme, a Minnesota federal judge has found, upholding an order that the U.S. deemed erroneous.
April 17, 2019
The government fired back at a Minnesota federal court's order granting an eye product supplier's bid to force the U.S. to hand over information on all of the alleged false claims in a whistleblower suit and interviews it conducted during its investigation.
October 23, 2018
Ophthalmological products distributor Precision Lens must face a False Claims Act suit accusing it of giving providers kickbacks in exchange for business, as the U.S. Department of Justice has sufficiently laid out the alleged fraud, a Minnesota federal judge has ruled.
February 09, 2018
The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday that it intervened in a False Claims Act suit in Minnesota alleging an ophthalmological products distributor paid kickbacks to doctors, and that the agency reached a $2.9 million settlement with a doctor connected to the scheme.