2nd largest non-intervened whistleblower recovery in US history
Call for a consultation 1-866-706-3997 Full Case Details Learn MoreThe $280 million settlement with Celgene Corp. resolved a former employee's claims the drug maker fraudulently promoted two drugs for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). After the government declined to take the case over (or "intervene"), the whistleblower and her counsel pursued the case on behalf of federal, state, and local governments in a nationwide litigation entailing approximately 40 depositions, millions of pages of documents, and numerous pre-trial motions.
The False Claims Act (FCA) allows whistleblowers with knowledge of fraud to bring a lawsuit to recover money for the government and share in a portion of the recovery. If the government declines to intervene, the whistleblower can go forward on the government’s behalf. The Celgene settlement is believed to be the second largest non-intervened recovery in the history of the FCA.
$2.9 billion
Last year, the United States government recovered $2.9 billion as a result of FCA qui tam claims. The FCA entitles a whistleblower to collect up to 30% of the government's recovery in the form of a bounty.
$425 million
Richard A. Harpootlian, P.A. has represented whistleblowers responsible for recovering $425 million for federal, state, and local governments.
$95 million
In 2011, the government paid the largest bounty to any South Carolina whistleblower in conjunction with a $95 million settlement with five major banks. She was represented by Richard A. Harpootlian.
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