Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Palmieri v. Alpharma, Inc.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided March 5, 2013No. Civil Action No. ELH-10-1601PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLEN LIPTON HOLLANDER, District Judge.
Jerome Palmieri, the relator, filed this qui tarn action on behalf of the United States of America and various individual states (collectively, the “Qui Tam States”)1 against his employers, Alpharma, Inc. and Alpharma Pharmaceuticals, LLC (collectively, “Alpharma”); King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“King”); and Pfizer, Inc. (“Pfizer”), defendants,2 pursuant to the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq. and analogous state statutes of the Qui Tam States. These statutes permit a private party, as relator, to sue on behalf of the…
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