UNITED STATES of America, ex rel., Health Choice Alliance, L.L.C., on behalf of United States of America and 31 States (AR; CA; CO; CT; DE; DC; FL; GA; HI; IL; IN; IA; LA; MD; MA; MI; MN; MT; NV; NH; NJ; NM; NY; NC; OK; RI; TN; TX; VT; VA; WA), Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, INCORPORATED; VMS Biomarketing; Covance, Incorporated; United Biosource Corporation; Healthstar Clinical Education Solutions, L.L.C.; Covance Market Access Services, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.
United States of America, Appellee.
United States of America, ex rel., Health Choice Group, L.L.C., On Behalf of United States of America and 31 States (AR; CA; CO; CT; DE; DC; FL; GA; HI; IL; IN; IA; LA; MD; MA; MI; MN; MT; NV; NH; NJ; NM; NY; NC; OK; RI; TN; TX; VT; VA; WA), Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Bayer Corporation; Amgen, Incorporated; Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated; AmerisourceBergen Corporation; Lash Group, Defendants-Appellees.
United States of America, Appellee.
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Christopher John Schwegmann , Attorney, Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Debra E. Schreck , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Eli Lilly and Company, Incorporated.
Daniel M. Purdom , Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL for Defendant-Appellee VMS Biomarketing.
Margaret Isabel Lyle , Jones Day, Dallas, TX, Clyde Moody Siebman , Siebman, Burg, Phillips & Smith, L.L.P., Sherman, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Covance Market Access Services, Incorporated.
Charles Wylie Scarborough , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, James Garland Gillingham , U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas, Tyler, TX, Michael S. Raab , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Bradley Elliot Visosky , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas, for Appellee United States of America.
Lance Lee , Young, Pickett & Lee, Texarkana, TX, Charles Michael Moore , Dentons US, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Amgen, Incorporated, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated.
James F. Segroves , Reed Smith, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.
Before Higginbotham, Elrod, and Haynes, Circuit Judges.
Jennifer Walker Elrod, Circuit Judge:*
The appellants Health Choice Alliance and Health Choice Group brought qui tam actions under the False Claims Act on behalf of the United States alleging violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute by pharmaceutical companies. The United...
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