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Getnick & Getnick Civil RICO Case Advances

A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled today that 41 insurance companies represented by Getnick & Getnick may proceed with their Civil RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) action against GlaxoSmithKline. Judge Juan Sanchez rejected GSK’s argument that the insurers, who represent 70% of the health insurance market in the US, suffered no economic injury when…

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Neil V. Getnick Quoted in The Legal Intelligencer

Managing Partner Neil V. Getnick was recently quoted in The Legal Intelligencer discussing competition among United States Attorneys’ Offices for False Claims Act cases.  In the piece, “EDPA Seeing Stiff Competition for Whistleblower Litigation,” Mr. Getnick identifies the prominence of the Southern District of New York under U.S. Attorney Preet Bahrara (“[T]he big sea change…

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Lesley Ann Skillen quoted in pharma industry “bible” The Pink Sheet on whistleblower cases and manufacturing violations

An article in The Pink Sheet on August 18 quoted Ms. Skillen on the current hot topic of the role of whistleblowers in reporting violations of pharmaceutical manufacturing standards and regulations (known as cGMPs) to the government. Earlier this year the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a qui tam case in which the whistleblower…

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