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UNITED STATES v. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

Case No. 11-cv-2453 (JNE/SER).

United States of America and the State of California, ex rel. Steven Higgins, Plaintiffs, v. Boston Scientific Corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

October 16, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 31 U.S.C. § 3729
Cause: 31 U.S.C. § 3729 False Claims Act
Nature of Suit: 375 Other Statutes: False Claims Act
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Higgins, Plaintiff, represented by Daniel R. Miller , Berger Montague PC, pro hac vice, E. Michelle Drake , Berger & Montague, P.C., Jonathan Z. DeSantis , Berger & Montague P.C., pro hac vice, Joy P. Clairmont , Berger Montague PC, pro hac vice, Shoshana Savett , Berger Montague PC, pro hac vice, Susan Schneider Thomas , Berger & Montague PC, pro hac vice & William Haselden Ellerbe , Berger Montague PC, pro hac vice.

United States of America, Plaintiff, represented by Chad A. Blumenfield , United States Attorney's Office.

The State of California, Plaintiff, represented by Erika Hiramatsu , California Attorney General's Office, pro hac vice & Kristi A. Nielsen , Minnesota Attorney General's Office.

Boston Scientific Corporation, Defendant, represented by Allison M. Lange Garrison , Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Brian Patrick Cadigan , Reed Smith LLP, pro hac vice, Caitlin Anne Chambers , Reed Smith, pro hac vice, Eric Sussman , Reed Smith LLP, pro hac vice, Frederick Robinson , Reed Smith LLP, pro hac vice, Lesley Carol Reynolds , Reed Smith, pro hac vice, Margaret Rudolph , Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Mark W. Fidanza , Reed Smith, pro hac vice, Spencer Persson , Nortonrose Fulbright US LLP, pro hac vice & Stephen Scheve , Reed Smith LLP, pro hac vice.

ORDER

This case is what happens when you cross an approach to discovery à la Inspector Clouseau with a corporate lawyer caricature found in cartoon caption contests. Even though modern discovery and pretrial procedures are in place to "make a trial less a game of blind man's buff and more a fair contest...

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