The UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Kassie WESTMORELAND, Plaintiff,
v.
AMGEN, INC.; International Nephrology Network renamed Integrated Nephrology Network, a d/b/a of Dialysis Purchasing Alliance, Inc.; and ASD Healthcare, Defendants.
United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 15, 2011.
September 15, 2011.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Brian Perez-Daple, Shannon Kelley, United States Attorney's Office, Robert M. Thomas, Jr., Thomas & Associates, Ann Burke Ackil, Massachusetts Attorney General Office, Royston H. Delaney, Boston, MA, Bryan A. Carey, Derek Tarn Ho, Jamil N. Jaffer, Joseph S. Hall, Marc A. Wallenstein, Mark C. Hansen, Silvija A. Strikis, Andrew C. Shen, Bryan A. Carey, Christopher C. Funk, David H. Wesely, Donna L. Owens, James M. Thunder, Kenley P. Farmer, Kimberly A. Briggs, Kiran S. Raj, Michael S. Zuckman, Robert A. Roe, Thomas H. Humphries, Thomas B. Samuels, Wan J. Kim, William J. Conyngham, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd Evans & Figel, PLLC, Jessica S. Champa, United States Department of Justice, Jane Drummey, District of Columbia Attorney General's Office, Washington, DC, Charles F. Kester, Lawrence M. Isenberg, Kester & Isenberg, Encino, CA, Suzanne E. Durrell, Durrell Law Office, Milton, MA, Eliseo Z. Sisneros, California Department of Justice, San Diego, CA, Dawn S. Shigezawa, Michael L. Parrish, Office of the Attorney General, Honolulu, HI, Joseph B. Chervin, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Chicago, IL, Jessica L. Harlan, Indiana Attorney General's Office, Indianapolis, IN, Mark Matus, Michigan Department of Attorney General, East Lansing, MI, George S. Bell, III, Tennessee Attorney General's Office, Nashville, TN, Carolyn T. Ellis, Christopher Y. Miller, Jay Speers, New York State Attorney General's Office, New York, NY, Mark R. Shaffer, Loveland, CO, for Plaintiff.
Brien T. O'Connor, Kirsten V. Mayer, Michael J. Howe, William J. Dunn, Ropes & Gray LLP, Michael Kendall, Benjamin Franklin, Dana M. McSherry, Daniel A. Curto, Lauren M. Papenhausen, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Peter E. Ball, Ryan M. Cunningham, Sally & Fitch LLP, Boston, MA, David S. Rosenbloom, Douglas E. Whitney, Holland M. Tahvonen, Jocelyn D. Francoeur, Joshua T. Buchman, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, Lauren S. Colton, Hogan Lovells Us LLP, Baltimore, MD, William L. Webber, Law Office of William L. Webber, LLC, Bethesda, MD, Jon B. Dubrow, J. Clayton Everett, Jr., McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Washington, DC, Matthew Jacobs, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Menlo Park, CA, William Diaz, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Irvine, CA, David J. Kessler, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Eric W. Sitarchuk, Matthew J.D. Hogan, Meredith S. Auten, Nathan J. Andrisani, Thomas J. Sullivan, Bethany N. Wong, Carolyn F. Yen, Erin C. Montgomery, James C. Carroll, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, James M. Becker, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Philadelphia, PA, Jennifer L. Dereka, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY, Laura H. McKaskle, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants.
United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.
MEMORANDUM
YOUNG, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Relator Kassie Westmoreland ("the Relator") brings this qui tam action against Amgen, Inc. ("Amgen"), International Nephrology Network ("INN"), and ASD Healthcare ("ASD") (collectively, "the Defendants") for violations of the federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-33. In her Fourth Amended Complaint, the Relator alleges that the Defendants knowingly caused health care...
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