Anti-Kickback

"Some of the largest service contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan have checkered histories of misconduct, including instances of shooting civilians, false claims against the government, violations of the Anti-Kickback Act, fraud, retaliation against workers' complaints, and environmental violations," the general counsel of the Project on Government Oversight told the Congressional Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan last month.

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The suits contended that most computer-industry players regularly violated the Anti-Kickback Act of 1986 by forming marketing partnerships involving what some companies called "influencer fees" or "referral fees" payments or discounts that passed between the companies doing business together on federal contracts but weren't revealed to the government.

H-P Settles With U.S. on Kickbacks Probe 2010

The settlement also said that Kos encouraged prescribing of those drugs by paying doctors, physician groups, and managed-care organizations illegal kickbacks in the form of money, free travel, grants and honoraria, in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute.

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In that process, they discovered irregularities in billing and leases with unaffiliated physicians which violated several federal laws, including the Anti-Kickback Statute.

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In addition, Forest is under investigation by the US Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts to determine whether Forest committed civil and criminal violations of the Anti-Kickback laws related to the off-label marketing of Celexa and Lexapro.

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The lawsuit allege that Medtronic violated the Anti-Kickback Statute between 1998 and 2003, by paying kickbacks through sham consulting and royalty agreements and sponsoring all-expense-paid trips for doctors to exotic locations.

Device-Maker Medtronic Weighed Down With Lawsuits 2006

The DOJ alleged that, between 1998 and 2003, Medtronic paid kickbacks in a number of ways, including sham consulting agreements, sham royalty agreements and lavish trips to desirable locations and that these kickbacks violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act. "Kickbacks to physicians are incompatible with a properly functioning health care system," said Peter Keisler, Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ's Civil Division.

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According to Medtronic's latest SEC filings, the company first became aware of the DOJ's investigation on September 4, 2003, when it was informed that the government was investigating allegations that certain payments and other services provided to physicians constituted improper inducements under the Anti-Kickback Statute.

Device-Maker Medtronic Weighed Down With Lawsuits 2006

The Copeland Anti-Kickback Act of 1934 regulates payroll deductions on federal and federally assisted construction.

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The discount is intended to comply with the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7bb.

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