United States ex rel. Banigan v. Organon USA Inc.

Memorandum of Decision

ZOBEL, District Judge.

Relators, James Banigan and Richard Templin, brought this qui tarn action on behalf of the United States of America, twenty-seven states,1 the District of Columbia, and the City of Chicago under the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-33, and various state and local false claims statutes, against defendants Akzo Nobel N.V.,2 Organon Biosciences N.V., Organon USA, Inc., Organon Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Organon International, Inc., Schering Plough Corp., Merck & Co., Inc. (collectively, “Organon” or “the Organon defendants”),3…