Friday, August 05, 2011

Fifth Circuit -- USA, ex rel, et al v. McKesson Corporation, et al

USA, ex rel, et al v. McKesson Corporation, et al

 Under the False Claims Act, there is a jurisdictional bar where the suit is based on publicly available information (presumably to prevent idle barristry).  Here, general notions of medical fraud which were publicly aired combined with the vague pleadings against defts TKO's the suit.
Compiled by D.E. Frydrychowski, who is, not incidentally, not giving you legal advice.

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