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U.S. EX REL. POLANSKY v. PFIZER, INC.

Docket No. 12-5008-cv.

762 F.3d 160 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Dr. Jesse POLANSKY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PFIZER, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 6, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce J. Terris , Terris, Pravlik & Millian, LLP, Washington, DC ( Todd A. Gluckman , Terris, Pravlik & Millian, LLP, Washington, DC; James M. Shaughnessy , Alastair Findeis , Milberg LLP, New York, N.Y.; Lee F. Bantle , Bantle & Levy LLP, New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mark S. Cheffo , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, N.Y. ( Hayden A. Coleman , on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: JACOBS, LIVINGSTON, and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.

GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Jesse Polansky appeals a dismissal of his claims against defendant-appellee Pfizer, Inc. for alleged violations of the False Claims Act and state law equivalents. From 2001 to 2003, Polansky, a medical doctor, worked at Pfizer, and during his tenure he came to believe that Pfizer had violated various laws. He complained internally about the alleged violations and those complaints allegedly gave rise to escalating...

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