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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 117 (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.

November 4, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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 Plaintiff.

Andrew C. Bernasconi, Kathleen H. McGuan, Reed Smith LLP, Mitchell J. Lazris, Michele W. Sartori, Hogan & Harston LLP, Washington, DC, 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, Christina D. Hernandez-Malaby, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, WI, Nicole M. Goodwin, Phoenix, AZ, Stephen J. Immelt, Andrea W. Trento, Hogan & Hartson LLLP, Baltimore, MD, George M. Linge, Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, Thomas H. Suddath, Jr., Reed Smith LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HARRINGTON, Senior District Judge.

Qui tam relator, Marcus Laughlin, brings this suit on behalf of the United States of America, against his former employer, Orthofix, Inc. and its parent company, Orthofix International, N.V. alleging violations of the federal False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3729-3733, and analogous state statutes. Defendants move to dismiss Laughlin's Second Amended Complaint, contending that, among...

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