UNITED STATES v. ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, INC.

No. 19-40906.

4 F.4th 255 (2021)

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.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 7, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Winston Starr , Caroline Allen , Harvey Grannis Brown, Jr. , W. Mark Lanier, Esq. , Kevin Philip Parker , for Plaintiff-Appellant.

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, B. Kurt Copper , Jones Day, Columbus, OH, Heather M. O'Shea , Jones Day, Chicago, IL, Clyde Moody Siebman , Siebman, Burg, Phillips & Smith, L.L.P., Sherman, TX, Stephen G. Sozio , Jones Day, Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellee Covance, Incorporated.

Ryan P. McCarthy, Esq. , Eric W. Sitarchuk , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Philadelphia, PA, Elizabeth Mooar Chiaviello , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee United Biosource Corporation.

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.

Matthew J. O'Connor , Benjamin J. Razi , Attorney, Covington & Burling, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Andrea Leigh Fair , Ward, Smith & Hill, P.L.L.C., Longview, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Bayer Corporation.

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.

W. Scott Hastings, Esq. , C. Scott Jones , Locke Lord, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, William David Carter, Sr., Esq. , Mercy Carter, L.L.P., Texarkana, TX, for Defendant-Appellee AmerisourceBergen Corporation.

William David Carter, Sr., Esq. , Mercy Carter, L.L.P., Texarkana, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Lash Group.

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.


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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