Legal Opinion
US ex rel. Barry Rostholder v. Omnicare, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 21, 2014No. 12-2431PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KEENAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge SHEDD joined.
BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Circuit Judge:
Relator Barry Rostholder (relator) filed this qui tam action under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 through 3733, against his former employer, Omnicare, Inc., and its affiliated companies. Relator alleged that the defendants violated a series of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety regulations requiring that penicillin and non-penicillin drugs be packaged in complete isolation from one another, which violations resulted in a legal…
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