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October 7, 2008
Dallas - The National Law Journal (NLJ), one of the nation’s most highly respected legal trade publications, has selected Baron & Budd, P.C. to be part of its “2008 Plaintiffs’ Hot List,” a just-released survey of the litigation scene over the past 12 months. Read More
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August 5, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (August 6, 2008) Environmental Law Foundation, Our Children’s Earth and Communities for a Better Environment, three Bay Area environmental organizations, and Laidlaw Transit, Inc. agreed to a settlement of a lawsuit, under which Laidlaw will provide California’s school children with newer and cleaner buses. Read More
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May 7, 2008
Dallas, TX – (May 7, 2008) – Representing 153 public water providers, which includes municipalities, water agencies and private water companies, from 17 states, the national law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. today announced the largest settlement to date with many of America’s leading oil companies over drinking water contamination caused by the gasoline additive Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE). The settlement stems from cases pending in a federal Multi-District Litigation (MDL) court in New York established to hear MTBE cases nationwide. Read More
January 7, 2009
Anticipating a large number of lawsuits arising from Hurricane Ike, judges in Galveston County are working on ways to expedite the cases. Ike, which struck the Texas Gulf Coast at Galveston on September 13th, did extensive damage on the coast and displaces thousands from their homes and businesses. Read More
January 7, 2009
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital and Milan General Hospital have agreed to pay a substantial settlement to resolve allegations that the two facilities made false claims for payment from Medicare. Read More
January 6, 2009
Bayer HealthCare LLC has agreed to pay a substantial settlement in connection with allegations that the drug maker paid mail-order suppliers of products for diabetics to transfer customers from competitors’ products to Bayer products. Read More
January 5, 2009
Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Illinois has agreed to make restitution to the federal government for improper payments to the hospital from federal health insurance programs. For five years or more, the 283-bed Condell facility made improper loans to physicians, entered into leases with doctors that were below fair market value and made payments to doctors who treated patients without the required written agreements. Read More
December 29, 2008
The Justice Department has announced that in fiscal year 2008 alone, it has recovered over $1.3 billion from contracting fraud cases filed under the federal False Claims Act. According to DOJ, the government has recovered $21 billion from civil fraud suits filed under the Act since the statute was strengthened in 1986. Read More
December 26, 2008
A recent statewide audit has uncovered twenty New York health care providers that routinely inflate claims for reimbursement made to the state. Eight of those are in Long Island. The practice has cost the state millions of dollars. Read More
Press Release
December 22, 2008
Dallas, TX (December 22, 2008) Dallas-based law firm Baron & Budd, P.C., recently named to the National Law Journal’s “Plaintiff’s Hot List,” announced today the creation of a dedicated insurance claims practice to be headed by shareholder Bruce Steckler. The practice has been established to assist home and business owners in negotiating property insurance claims initially related to Hurricane Ike in the firm’s home state of Texas and Hurricane Gustav in Louisiana. Read More
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