UNITED STATES of America EX REL. John A. WOOD, Plaintiff-Appellee,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State of Montana, District of Columbia, State of Indiana, State of New York, Commonwealth of Virginia, State of Louisiana, State of Delaware, State of Minnesota, State of Oklahoma, State of Michigan, State of Hawaii, State of North Carolina, State of California, State of Georgia, State of Tennessee, State of Florida, State of Wisconsin, State of New Mexico, State of Illinois, State of Nevada, State of Connecticut, State of New Jersey, State of Texas, State of Colorado, State of Rhode Island, Plaintiffs,
v.
ALLERGAN, INC., Defendant-Appellant,
Allergan PLC, Defendant.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued: February 7, 2018.
Decided: August 9, 2018.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
DEREK T. HO , Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C, Washington, D.C. ( Sherrie R. Savett , Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, W. Scott Simmer , Thomas J. Poulin , Simmer Law Group P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Steven P. Lehotsky , Warren Postman, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington D.C.; John P. Elwood , Ralph C. Mayrell , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, in support of Allergan, Inc.
Jacklyn N. DeMar , Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, Washington, D.C.; Jennifer M. Verkamp , Maxwell S. Smith , Morgan Verkamp LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Amicus Curiae Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, in support of John A. Wood.
Before: Walker, Lynch, and Chin, Circuit Judges.
Chin, Circuit Judge:
In this qui tam action, the relator, plaintiff-appellee John A. Wood, contends that defendant-appellant Allergan, Inc. ("Allergan"), a pharmaceutical company, violated the False Claims Act (the "FCA"), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., through a kickback scheme that caused the United States (the "Government"), state...
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