November 04, 2022
A Georgia federal judge said Friday that a settlement has been reached in the middle of a rare trial of a whistleblower's False Claims Act suit accusing an orthopedic clinic of defrauding the government, while making a note of the need for attorneys to be respectful of each other.
October 28, 2022
An attorney for an orthopedic clinic's former executive coerced a dropped defendant to attest to inaccurate information in a whistleblower suit, including through threats he'd be "ruined" if he didn't, an attorney for the clinic told a Georgia federal judge.
August 30, 2022
A Georgia law firm agreed to pull one of its attorneys from representing doctors at an orthopedic clinic defending a False Claims Act suit, after a former clinic executive raised concerns that the attorney worked for the U.S. Department of Justice when she filed whistleblower allegations.
August 24, 2022
A whistleblower former executive at a Georgia orthopedic clinic says the law firm and an attorney representing two doctors who work for her former employer in a False Claims Act suit should be disqualified because the attorney previously represented the government on the opposing side of the case.
July 20, 2022
A Georgia federal judge refused to let an orthopedic clinic out of certain parts of a former executive's False Claims Act suit, sending numerous claims to trial, including kickback claims relating to billing codes and referral agreements.
December 07, 2021
A former director for an orthopedic clinic urged a Georgia federal judge to rule in her favor in her False Claims Act suit against the clinic and its operators, arguing they knowingly engaged in illegal behavior and only sought legal advice after allegedly taking bribes and making false medical billing claims.