Minnesota-based medical device company Medtronic has agreed to pay $9.9 million to the federal government in order to settle allegations arising under the False Claims Act – a federal statute designed to incentivize integrity and undermine the efforts of those fraudulently submitting invoices for payment under government contracts. The False... Read more »

The ongoing litigation involving Stryker hip replacements expanded significantly late last month as five new lawsuits were filed in New Jersey state court. The plaintiffs are asserting that Stryker failed to warn patients that a certain coating applied to the outside of the device could lead to severe metal toxicity in... Read more »