The Associated Press reported on 5/22/08 that Medtronic will be settling the Justice Department’s fraud case against it for $75 million. The case stems from allegations that spinal catheter maker Kyphon fraudulently caused hospitals to file inflated reimbursement claims with Medicare for back surgery known as kyphoplasty. Kyphon was acquired in November of 2007 by…
Continue readingWhile many clients are aware of the Herndon High School track and cross country teams running past the “Landau Law Shop” and that ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd’s 120-year-old building is on the Herndon Festival race courses, not many know that in the evening, on Thursdays, the Reston Bike Club leaves from the parking lot by the…
Continue readingThe law firm of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. has been apprised of another instance of an insurance defense lawyer misidentifying himself to a client’s treating doctor in order to get information that may be confidential, private and/or irrelevant to the case. While there are ethical rules governing lawyer conduct, Doug Landau has seen the Virginia Workers…
Continue readingDespite the workers comp insurance company’s delay, Doug Landau was able to successfully settle a Radford area client’s slip and fall case for $117,300 after filing suit in the Loudoun County Circuit Court. FACTS: The Plaintiff had finished his morning’s work. He headed to the men’s bathroom before going on to lunch. He had no…
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When I first moved to Virginia from New Jersey, I was lucky enough to be taken in by Bernard Cohen, an extraordinary trial lawyer from Alexandria, Virginia. Bernard, “Bernie” to his friends and family, was not only one of Old Town’s legal elite, he also served in the Virginia legislature for many years, looking out…
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