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STATE EX REL. WILSON v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B252073.

227 Cal.App.4th 579 (2014)

174 Cal. Rptr. 3d 317

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ex rel. MICHAEL WILSON et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO., Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

June 27, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waters Kraus & Paul, Gary Paul , Michael L. Armitage , Michael B. Gurien , Paul Cook , Louisa O. Kirakosian and Charles S. Siegel for Petitioners Michael Wilson, Lucius Allen and Eve Allen.

Adam M. Cole , Richard G. Krenz and Antonio A. Celaya for Petitioner Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones.

No appearance for Respondent.

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, David C. Marcus , John J. Butts , Christopher T. Casamassima , Matthew D. Benedetto ; Hogan Lovells US, Mitchell J. Lazris , Nicholas G. Stavlas and Jessica L. Ellsworth for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

CHANEY, Acting P. J. —

This proceeding arises out of a qui tam action against Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. to impose civil penalties for violation of the Insurance Fraud Prevention Act (IFPA), Insurance Code section 1871 et seq. The relators allege Bristol-Myers employed runners and cappers to induce physicians to prescribe its drugs to their patients.

The California Insurance...

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