#6 & #11 PA SETTLEMENTS 2014
American Lawyer Media’s Top Pennsylvania Verdicts and Settlements for 2014 reveals Sheller, P.C. in a familiar spot again in 2014. The firm has been at or near the top of the list for five of the last six years. This year the firm pulled both the #6 and #11 Top Settlements spots based on its […]
$520 MILLION SETTLEMENT
April 27, 2010: In the third record whistleblower settlement for Sheller, P.C. in fifteen months, the firm represented a whistleblower who brought forth knowledge of wrongdoing by AstraZeneca. AstraZeneca agreed to a civil settlement of $520 million for charges of off-label marketing of the powerful antipsychotic drug Seroquel. The settlement is the largest pharmaceutical civil settlement […]
$2.2B Settlement “Leads the Pack”
The $2.2 Billion Settlement with Johnson & Johnson Leads the Pack by Lizzy McLellan, The Legal Intelligencer The Legal Intelligencer reported that the largest verdict and settlement award in Pennsylvania between August 2013 and August 2014 was handled by Sheller, P.C. with a $2.2 billion settlement over healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, […]
$58.9 MILLION SETTLEMENT
The Sheller whistleblower team announced a $58.9 milllion settlement with Shire Pharmaceuticals over off-label marketing of ADHD drugs Adderall and Vyvanse in September, 2014. Court documents detailing the civil allegations and settlement were signed by Shire and unsealed by the Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. A Shire executive, […]
$7.3M Astellas Pharma Off-Label Marketing and FCA Settlement
Digital Journal 2014-04-16 The whistleblower attorney team of Sheller P.C. announced today that Astellas Pharma U.S., Inc. has agreed to pay $7.3 million to resolve allegations by the Sheller whistleblower client that Astellas violated the False Claims Act by submitting fraudulent claims to government healthcare programs while marketing off-label the antifungal drug Mycamine for use in children. Court […]