A whistleblower initiated lawsuit against Massachusetts-based medical device manufacturer Alere Inc. and its subsidiary resulted in a $33.2 million settlement for knowingly selling materially unreliable point-of-care diagnostic testing devices. The whistleblower, a former senior quality control analyst for Alere, will receive $5.6 million pursuant to the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. Click here to read more.

Getnick & Getnick LLP holds the record for the largest health care whistleblower False Claims Act settlement involving health care quality practices. In 2010 GlaxoSmithKline settled for $750 million after Cheryl Eckard, a former Global Quality Assurance Manager for GSK, blew the whistle on that company’s improper and substandard manufacturing practices at its factory in Cidra, Puerto Rico. Click here to read more.