Judge Axes $500M FCA Suit Over Public Info-Based Claims

By Maria Chutchian · February 26, 2013, 8:21 PM EST

A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday threw out a decade-old $500 million False Claims Act suit against 24 pharmaceutical companies, including Actavis Mid-Atlantic LLC and Abbott Laboratories Inc., saying the allegations...

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Documents

Order on Motion to Dismiss

Case Information

Case Title

United States, ex rel v. Actavis Mid-Atlantic, et al

Case Number

Court

Massachusetts

Nature of Suit

Other Statutory Actions

Date Filed

August 29, 2002

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