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U.S. EX REL. BERKOWITZ v. AUTOMATION AIDS

No. 13 C 08185.

United States of America ex rel. Jeffrey Berkowitz, and Jeffrey Berkowitz individually, Plaintiffs, v. Automation Aids; A&E Office and Industrial Supply; Support of Microcomputers Associated; Aprisa Technology LLC; Supply Saver Corporation; United Office Solutions, Inc.; Vee Model Management Consulting; Caprice Electronics, Inc.; and Computech Data Systems, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

March 16, 2017.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Federal Question
Nature of Suit: 890 Other Statutory Actions
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Berkowitz, Plaintiff, represented by Linda Wyetzner , Behn & Wyetzner, Chartered.

Jeffrey Berkowitz, Plaintiff, represented by Cleveland Lawrence, III , Sanford Heisler, LLP, pro hac vice, Daniel R. Hergott , Behn & Wyetzner, Chartered & H. Vincent McKnight , Sanford & Heisler LLP.

Automation Aids, Defendant, represented by Adelicia Ruth Cliffe , Crowell and Moring LLP, pro hac vice, Brian Tully McLaughlin , Crowell & Moring LLP, pro hac vice, Ming Yuan Zhou , Crowell & Moring LLP, pro hac vice, Preston L. Pugh , Pugh, Jones & Johnson, P.C. & Thor Yukinobu Inouye , Pugh, Jones & Johnson, P.C..

A&E Office and Industrial Supply, Defendant, represented by Kevin Patrick Shea , Nixon Peabody LLP & Michael James Philippi , Nixon Peabody LLP.

Support of Microcomputers Associated, Defendant, represented by Christopher M. Loveland , Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Jonathan Scott Aronie , Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, pro hac vice, Ryan Edward Roberts , Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, pro hac vice, David Mitchell Poell , Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP & Mark Stephen Eisen , Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP.

Aprisa Technology LLC, Defendant, represented by Christopher B. Mead , London & Mead, Gina A. Jenero , K&l Gates & Steven M. Kowal , K&L Gates LLP.

Supply Saver Corporation, Defendant, represented by Adelicia Ruth Cliffe , Crowell and Moring LLP, pro hac vice, Brian Tully McLaughlin , Crowell & Moring LLP, pro hac vice, Ming Yuan Zhou , Crowell & Moring LLP, pro hac vice, Preston L. Pugh , Pugh, Jones & Johnson, P.C. & Thor Yukinobu Inouye , Pugh, Jones & Johnson, P.C..

United Office Solutions, Inc., Defendant, represented by Joy Anderson , Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A., pro hac vice, Kathryn J. Bergstrom , Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, PA, pro hac vice & Joy Lynn Pinta , Jacobs & Pinta.

Vee Model Management Consulting, Defendant, represented by Christopher M. Loveland , Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, David Mitchell Poell , Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP, Jonathan Scott Aronie , Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP & Ryan Edward Roberts , Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton.

Caprice Electronics, Inc., Defendant, represented by David D. Fauvre , Arnold & Porter LLP, pro hac vice, Kristen Elizabeth Hudson , Chuhak & Tecson, P.C. & Murad Hussain , Arnold & Porter LLP, pro hac vice.

Computech Data Systems, Defendant, represented by Christopher M. Loveland , Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, David Mitchell Poell , Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP, Jonathan Scott Aronie , Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP & Ryan Edward Roberts , Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton.

United State Of America, ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Erin Elaine Kelly , United States Attorney's Office.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

This is a qui tam action brought by relator Jeffrey Berkowitz on behalf of the United States government. Berkowitz is president of a company that sells office supplies to government agencies. R. 22, Third Am. Compl. ¶¶ 10, 21.1 Defendants...

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