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U.S. EX REL. BIERMAN v. ORTHOFIX INTERN., N.V.

Civil Action Nos. 05-10557-EFH, 08-11336-JLT.

748 F.Supp.2d 123 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Jeffrey J. BIERMAN, Plaintiff, v. ORTHOFIX INTERNATIONAL, N.V., et al., Defendants. United States of America ex rel. Marcus Laughlin, Plaintiff, v. Orthofix International, N.V., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

As Amended December 9, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew C. Bernasconi , Kathleen H. McGuan , Reed Smith LLP, Mitchell J. Lazris , Michele W. Sartori , Hogan & Hartson LLP, Washington, DC, The Blackstone Group L.P., New York, NY, Christine Vargas Colmey , Fred A. Kelly, Jr. , Joseph J. Leghorn , Nixon Peabody, LLP, Benjamin S. Halasz , Kirsten V. Mayer , Brien T. O'Connor , Ropes & Gray, Douglas A. Robertson , Martin, Magnuson, McCarthy and Kenney, Boston, MA, Nicole M. Goodwin , One Renaissance Square, Phoenix, AZ, Cristina D. Hernandez-Malaby , Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, WI, Stephen J. Immelt , Andrea W. Trento , Hogan & Hartson LLP, Baltimore, MD, George M. Linge , Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, Thomas H. Suddath, Jr. , Reed Smith LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendants.

G. Robert Blakey , Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, IN, Neil V. Getnick , Lesley A. Skillen , Getnick & Getnick, New York, NY, J. Stephen Hunnicutt , The Hunnicutt Law Firm, Dallas, TX, Shannon Kelley , United States Attorneys Office, Scott J. Tucker , Tucker, Heifetz & Saltzman, Boston, MA, Steven H. Schafer , Stephen H. Schafer and Associates, Needham, MA, for Plaintiffs.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HARRINGTON, Senior District Judge.

Qui tam relator, Jeffrey J. Bierman, brings this suit on behalf of the United States of America and various state and local governments against defendants, medical device manufacturers, alleging violations of the federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729-3733, ("FCA") and analogous local and state statutes. Defendants move to dismiss Bierman's Second Amended Complaint contending that it...

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