U.S. EX REL. KESTER v. NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS

No. 11 Civ. 8196(CM).

43 F.Supp.3d 332 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. David M. KESTER, State of California ex rel. David M. Kester, State of Colorado ex rel. David M. Kester, State of Connecticut ex rel. David M. Kester, State of Delaware ex rel. David M. Kester, District of Columbia ex rel. David M. Kester, State of Florida ex rel. David M. Kester, State of Georgia ex rel. David M. Kester, State of Hawaii ex rel. David M. Kester, State of Illinois ex rel. David M. Kester, State of Indiana ex rel. David M. Kester, State of Louisiana ex rel. David M. Kester, State of Maryland ex rel. David M. Kester, State of Massachusetts ex rel. David M. Kester, State of Michigan ex rel. David M. Kester, State of Minnesota ex rel. David M. Kester, State of Montana ex rel. David M. Kester, State of Nevada ex rel. David M. Kester, State of New Jersey ex rel. David M. Kester, State of New Mexico ex rel. David M. Kester, State of New York ex rel. David M. Kester, State of North Carolina ex rel. David M. Kester, State of Oklahoma ex rel. David M. Kester, State of Rhode Island ex rel. David M. Kester, State of Tennessee ex rel. David M. Kester, State of Texas ex rel. David M. Kester, State of Virginia ex rel. David M. Kester, and State of Wisconsin ex rel. David M. Kester, Plaintiffs and Relator, v. NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION, Accredo Health Group, Inc., Bioscrip Corporation, Curascript, Inc., CVS Caremark Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

Signed September 3, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Zlotnick , Nicholas N. Paul , Steven U. Ross , California Attorney General's Office, San Diego, CA, Rachel Coles , Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, Elizabeth White , Georgia Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, GA, Clemon D. Ashley , Assistant Attorney General, Elisa Cervantes Hamilton , Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Chicago, IL, Lawrence Joseph Carcare, II , Office of in Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, Jeremy Dykes , Maryland Attorney General, Baltimore, MD, Deborah J. Harper Assistant Attorney General, State of Michigan/Attorney General/Health Care Fraud Division, East Lansing, MI, Diana Elkind , Christopher Yates Miller , Office of the New York State Attorney General, Arun Srinivas Subramanian , Steven M. Shepard , William Christopher Carmody , Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY, Niki Suzanne Batt , Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General, Christopher P. Robinson , Assistant Attorney General, Niki S. Batt , Assistant Attorney General, Oklahoma City, OK, Katie M. Wilson , Assistant Attorney General, Madison, WI, Robert Lawrence Vogel , Janet Lyn Goldstein , Shelley R. Slade , Vogel, Slade & Goldstein LLP, Washington, DC, Jonathan Bridges , Susman Godfrey LLP, Dallas, TX, Kristin Malone , Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, WA, Shawn Raymond , Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs and Relator.

State of Minnesota, pro se.

State of New Jersey, pro se.

Evan R. Chesler , Benjamin Greenstein , Rachel G. Skaistis , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Manvin Singh Mayell , Michael A. Rogoff , United States Attorney's Office, Faith E. Gay , Manisha M. Sheth , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York, NY, Nina M. Dillon , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Brooklyn, NY, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS

Plaintiff-relator David M. Kester ("Relator") filed a sealed qui tam action asserting claims arising under the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., and related state laws. The Defendants...

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