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The United States has filed a civil False Claims Act lawsuit against Dr. Michael Neret, a Bay City, Texas physician, alleging he fraudulently billed Medicare nearly $500,000 for surgical neurostimulator electrode implantations. This is a government lawsuit, not a patient settlement. There is no claim form, deadline or payment for patients. It is a civil…
A federal judge has dismissed Insight Terminal Solutions LLC’s lawsuit seeking at least $1 billion from the City of Oakland. But the reason matters: U.S. District Judge Benjamin B. Beaton ruled on September 30, 2026 that the bankruptcy court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction, vacated its earlier summary-judgment ruling and dismissed the case without prejudice. He did…
DISH TV and Sling TV’s operating companies emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 1, 2026, after a court-approved restructuring cut their aggregate outstanding debt by about $4.35 billion. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher M. Lopez confirmed the DISH DBS plan on September 29, and EchoStar reported the emergence in a Form 8-K filed October 2….
Tekiyah McLeod, 34, of Magnolia, Texas, has pleaded guilty in federal court to health care fraud and aggravated identity theft after admitting she billed Medicaid approximately $477,872 for mental health therapy services that were never provided, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas. McLeod was the registered agent for nLove…
A Walgreens pharmacist who received $25,875,000 from a 2025 federal False Claims Act settlement will have to take his request for a share of Walgreens’ separate $4.7 billion multistate opioid settlement to state courts. On September 29, 2026, a federal judge declined to decide the question and dismissed his claims without prejudice. Important: This is…
Class action and government-enforcement settlements topped $79 billion in 2025, the highest annual total ever recorded in the Duane Morris Class Action Review. The pace has continued into 2026: by mid-year, the firm’s tally had already passed $53 billion. Important: The $79 billion is not one settlement and not one fund. It is an aggregate…
Investors who bought CAE Inc. common shares during the covered period may be able to claim part of a proposed CAD $38.25 million securities settlement in Québec. The claim period is open now, and the deadline is March 22, 2027. File your claim here: Official CAE Securities Settlement website and claim form Claim deadline: March…
Case: In re: Petition for the Coordination of Individual Plaintiffs Maui Fire Cases Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Case No.: SCAP-26-0000484 Underlying Special Proceeding: 2CSP-23-0000057 Decision Date: September 30, 2026 The biggest legal obstacle to the first payouts from the $4.037 billion Maui wildfire settlement has been removed. On September 30, 2026, the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court upheld…
Iowa has joined a coalition of attorneys general in a $400 million settlement with Sandoz Inc. and Fougera Pharmaceuticals Inc. over allegations that the companies took part in a long-running scheme to inflate generic prescription drug prices and reduce competition. If you bought a covered generic prescription drug between May 2009 and December 2019, you…