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Personally Handled: U.S. ex rel. Bilotta v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., 11 Civ. 0071 (PGG) (SDNY) United States alleges that Novartis violated the Anti-Kickback Statute by paying bribes to doctors through the vehicle of sham speaker programs to induce the doctors to write scripts for certain Novartis cardiovascular drugs. U.S. ex rel. John Doe v. Westchester…

Supervised: U.S. v. Deutsche Bank AG, et al., 11 Civ. 2976 (LAK) (SDNY). United States alleged that defendants made false statements to the government that their mortgage operations complied with HUD regulations. Settled in 2012 for over $200 million. U.S. v. Flagstar Bank, FSB, 12 Civ. 1392 (KBF) (SDNY). United States alleged that Flagstar improperly…

Personally handled: U.S. ex rel. Kalyanaram v. New York Institute of Technology, et al., 07 Civ. 9307 (JFK) (SDNY). United States alleged that defendants used recruiters who were paid incentive compensation in a manner that violated federal education law and regulations. Settled in 2012 for $4 million from multiple defendants. Supervised: U.S. v. Dragados/Judlau, et…