Examples of Peter’s experience include:

• Obtaining dismissal at the pleadings stage of a complaint under the federal False Claims Act alleging fraudulent business practices by a national health care company. The dismissal was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
• Defending a national health care company in Florida, California and Illinois state courts in three separate actions alleging fraudulent business practices under the states’ false claims acts. Obtained summary judgment on most claims, and the remainder settled favorably shortly before trial.
• Obtaining a temporary restraining order in federal court on behalf of a national health care company to enjoin the premature termination by a retail pharmacy company of its participation in a network provider agreement.
• Representing a national health care company in the negotiation and resolution of a multi-state attorney general investigation that resulted in the execution of individual consent orders with 29 state attorneys general.
• Obtaining TROs and negotiating favorable settlements in federal court on behalf of a national health care company in multiple lawsuits involving former employees.
• Representing a national health care company in resolving an action under the federal False Claims Act in which the United States intervened. Conducted a complex and lengthy internal investigation, responded to an expansive government subpoena and negotiated with the Department of Justice and relators’ counsel to resolve the matter.
• Negotiating a favorable settlement with the Department of Justice and relators’ counsel on behalf of a national health care company in litigation involving a complex action filed under the federal False Claims Act in which the United States and the state of Texas intervened.
• Negotiating corporate integrity agreements with the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services on behalf of national health care companies.
• Obtaining complete dismissal of a federal False Claims Act lawsuit on behalf of a national health care company on the grounds that the allegations had been publicly disclosed and the relator was not an original source.
• Obtaining dismissal of a complaint alleging tortious interference with a contract brought against a national health care company by a competitor in Illinois state court.