Reese Marketos’ verdict in United States ex rel. Marsteller v. MD Helicopters, Inc. has officially been recognized as the Number 1 False Claims Act Jury Verdict of 2021.
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Reese Marketos leads effort to recover $38.5 million in False Claims Act action
Relator Gwen Thrower hired Reese Marketos to serve as lead counsel in a declined False Claims Act qui tam action in the Northern District of California. Reese Marketos partnered with Thomas & Solomon LLP from Rochester, New York to prosecute the case. The case, styled United States of America ex rel. Gwen Thrower v. Academy Mortgage Corporation,… Continue reading Reese Marketos leads effort to recover $38.5 million in False Claims Act action
Reese Marketos Serves as Trial Counsel in $6.8 Million False Claims Act Recovery
Reese Marketos attorneys Josh Russ and Allison Cook were hired as trial counsel by a relator in a compounding pharmacy False Claims Act action in the Northern District of Georgia. Reese Marketos teamed up with The Whistleblower Law Collaborative LLC and Bracker and Marcus. The United States intervened and settled the action, with defendants agreeing… Continue reading Reese Marketos Serves as Trial Counsel in $6.8 Million False Claims Act Recovery
Josh Russ on Pursuing Misspent Climate Money with the False Claims Act
The False Claims Act can be used as a tool for fighting the misuse of climate funding. Josh sat down with the Climate Money Watchdog to explain how. Listen Here
Reese Marketos Obtains Historic False Claims Act Verdict
In September of 2021, Josh Russ, Andrew Wirmani, and Allison Cook led a two-week trial that secured a $36.1 million False Claims Act verdict against MD Helicopters in the case styled United States ex rel. Marsteller v. MD Helicopters, Inc., 5:13-cv-00830-AKK (N.D. Alabama). Reese Marketos represented two relators who alleged, among other things, that MD… Continue reading Reese Marketos Obtains Historic False Claims Act Verdict
RM Successfully Defeats Summary Judgment Motion; Suit Moves to Evidentiary Hearing
WhereverTV, represented by Adam Sanderson, Brett Rosenthal, and Pete Marketos, sued Comcast in August of 2018 claiming that the Xfinity X1 platform infringed on its Patent No 8,656,431. The X1 system includes an interactive menu that lets viewers choose live TV channel from a program guide, digitally record and playback programs as well as access… Continue reading RM Successfully Defeats Summary Judgment Motion; Suit Moves to Evidentiary Hearing
RM Hits Back at Misconduct Claims in False Claims Lawsuit
Former executives for laboratory companies True Health Diagnostics LLC and Boston Heart Diagnostics Corp. paid millions of dollars’ worth of kickbacks to conduct lucrative tests at a rural Texas hospital, the U.S. Department alleged in a False Claims Act lawsuit unsealed Monday. The complaint made allegations against several True Health employees including Christopher Grottenthaler. Grottenhaler asked the… Continue reading RM Hits Back at Misconduct Claims in False Claims Lawsuit
Josh Russ Serves as Settlement Counsel in First-of-its-Kind False Claims Act Settlement
Josh served as settlement counsel for a False Claims Act relator leading to DOJ’s first civil cyber-fraud case settlement under the Department’s Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative. Read DOJ’s Press Release Here
Texas Lawbook Recognizes RM for Top Commercial Litigation of 2021
Only 1% of False Claims Act cases make it to trial, and in September 2021, lawyers from Reese Marketos took one before a federal jury in Alabama that involved false claims and false statements made by military defense contractor MD Helicopters. The trial resulted in a $36-million verdict in favor of Reese Marketos’ clients, two… Continue reading Texas Lawbook Recognizes RM for Top Commercial Litigation of 2021
Josh Russ on Fraud in America Podcast
Josh sat down with the Fraud in America Podcast to discuss the False Claims Act, declined litigation, and representing whistleblowers. Listen Here