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  • Top News
    August 5, 2008

    Better Buses for California School Children

    SAN FRANCISCO (August 6, 2008) Environmental Law Foundation, Our Children’s Earth and Communities for a Better Environment, three Bay Area environmental organizations, and Laidlaw Transit, Inc. agreed to a settlement of a lawsuit, under which Laidlaw will provide California’s school children with newer and cleaner buses. Read More


  • Top News
    May 7, 2008

    MTBE Water Contamination Suit Results in Historic Settlement

    Dallas, TX – (May 7, 2008) – Representing 153 public water providers, which includes municipalities, water agencies and private water companies, from 17 states, the national law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. today announced the largest settlement to date with many of America’s leading oil companies over drinking water contamination caused by the gasoline additive Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE). The settlement stems from cases pending in a federal Multi-District Litigation (MDL) court in New York established to hear MTBE cases nationwide. Read More


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  • Press Release
    September 3, 2008

    Baron & Budd Expands Fraud-Fighting Practice, Adds False Claims Expert Jan Soifer

    Dallas, TX – (September 3, 2008) Former Chief of the Texas Attorney General’s Charitable Trusts Section and Deputy Chief of the Consumer Protection Division Jan Soifer has joined Dallas-based Baron & Budd, P.C. to work on its Qui Tam litigation team, announced the firm today. Read More


  • August 29, 2008

    Citibank settles California False Claims Act charges

    Citibank has agreed to settle charges by California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. that from 1992 to 2003, Citibank had been stealing money from its credit card customers through the use of an illegal “account sweeping” program. Read More


  • Press Release
    August 25, 2008

    Baron & Budd Prevails in Case Against Manufacturers of Atrazine

    DALLAS, Texas (August 25, 2008) Scott Summy of Baron & Budd, as co-lead counsel, and Steve Tillery of Korein Tillery have won a major legal battle in what will most likely become a harbinger of detection and clean-up of America's public water supply. Read More


  • August 20, 2008

    Broward County, Florida auditor fired in retaliation for reporting fraud, whistle-blower suit alleges

    David Richstone claims he was fired from his auditing position with the North Broward Hospital District after he persisted in an investigation that revealed irregular payments to the District's former CEO and President Alan Levine. Read More


  • August 14, 2008

    Justice Department slow to engage in whistleblower suits involving fraud in Iraq war effort

    The number of whistleblower suits brought since 2001 is so great that the Justice Department is unable to keep up with their investigation and prosecution. This appears to be particularly true in suits claiming that government contractors are bilking the government in connection with the war in Iraq.
    Unfortunately, the delay is costing the U.S. taxpayers money. Suits brought under the False Claims Act in recent years have recovered nearly $13 billion to the U.S. Government.
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  • August 12, 2008

    Freight companies agree to pay substantial settlement in bid-rigging conspiracy case

    In yet another instance of corporate America swindling the U.S. government in its military contracts, seven freight companies have agreed to settle bid rigging claims against them. Read More


  • August 4, 2008

    Cincinnati Health Providers sued in False Claims Act case

    The federal government has filed a civil fraud case against several Cincinnati health care providers: Christ Hospital, the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Ohio Heart and Vascular Center and the now defunct Medical Diagnostic Associates. The suit alleges that from 1997 to 2004, Ohio Heart and Christ Hospital swapped referrals for patients whose services were billed to Medicare. Under the False Claims Act, the government could ask the court to triple the damages. Read More


  • August 3, 2008

    Amerigroup reaches settlement of Illinois qui tam litigation

    Healthcare company Amerigroup Corp. (AGP) has announced a settlement agreement to conclude its civil qui tam litigation arising out of the provider's fraudulent Medicaid practices in Illinois. The company will pay a substantial award to the U.S. and the State of Illinois, including a hefty bill for legal fees. Read More