Bailey Glasser Secures $17 Million Settlement in False Claims Act Case Against C.R. Bard

After nearly seven years of relentless work, Bailey Glasser partners John Roddy, Elizabeth Ryan, and Brian McAllister, along with co-counsel Robert A. Griffith and federal prosecutors, secured a $17 million settlement to resolve False Claims Act allegations filed in 2017 by whistleblower Dirk Etheridge against C.R. Bard, Inc. and several of its affiliates.

In United States, ex rel. Dirk Etheridge, et al. v. Liberator Medical Holdings, Inc., et al., No 1:17-cv-05187-LMM (N.D. Ga.), Mr. Etheridge alleged that the Bard entities offered free samples, discounts, and savings on in-office supplies to illegally induce urology practices across the country to prescribe Bard urological products.

This successful outcome is the product of thousands of hours of work by Mr. Etheridge’s legal team, which undertook extensive document review and legal analysis at the Government’s behest. On this score, Bailey Glasser’s ESI Practice Group, led by partner Katherine E. Charonko and including partner Tony Clackler coordinated the digital discovery and analysis efforts that were critical to ultimately reaching settlement.

To learn more about the BG team in this matter, please visit here.

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