On April 15, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced the settlement of a False Claims Act case against Varidesk LLC and Vari Sales Corporations (VARI).  Pursuant to the settlement, VARI agreed to pay $1.1 million to resolve allegations that defendants failed to give the government the benefit of the discounts it gave other customers and falsely represented to the government that it was complying with its obligation to give the government the best price … [Read more...]

Whistleblower Kristie Rudolph filed a whistleblower lawsuit under the California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act in 2016 alleging that her former employer, Essilor Laboratories of America, Inc., alleging that Essilor provided unlawful kickbacks to eye care providers in exchange for business from those providers. These kinds of unlawful incentives, which drive up the costs of insurance for all Californians, are illegal under California law. The California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act, … [Read more...]

Keller Grover LLP represents Kathy Ormsby in a False Claims Act case originally filed in 2015 and now pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, United States ex rel. Kathy Ormsby v. Sutter Health and Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Case No. cv-15-1062 (JD).  Ormsby alleges in her complaint that her former employer, Sutter Health and its affiliate PAMF, defrauded the government as part of its Medicare Part C program, known as Medicare Advantage, through … [Read more...]