>Pfizer Asks Court to Dismiss Whistleblower Lawsuit Because Government Was Aware of Fraud
>However, a 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded the scope of a legal principle known as “materiality” resulted in a series of federal court decisions in which fraud cases brought under the False Claims Act were dismissed.
>As interpreted by the Supreme Court, if the government continued paying a contractor despite the contractor’s fraudulent activity, the fraud was not considered “material” to the contract.
>“Pfizer claims they can get away with fraud as long as the government would write them a check despite knowing about the fraud,” attorney Robert Barnes said.
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Not new to the horror and corruption but JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
Easton Green
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Dylan Hughes
Liam Taylor
no refunds
Ethan Nguyen
pfizer is one of the most sued companies in history and yet they're still around? How?
Christopher Martin
giving doctors kickbacks for over-prescribing "medicine" they develop just like all other big pharma
Colton Gray
>childrenshealthdefense
Lol
Thomas Stewart
This, didn't the have the largest lawsuit in US history in 2009 ?
Hunter Bell
YOU KNOW WHY
Cooper Long
With profit margins that large, it makes more sense to pay the pittance of settlements than fixing anything.
Jack White
If anyone is charged for this the punishment should be 10 doses of the vax
Nolan Rodriguez
For this to go through there needs to be culpability on the other side and lord knows the gov is never going to hold themselves accountable.
Dylan Hernandez
>archive.is
That would have been my reaction as well, but literally everything is sourced.
Caleb Gonzalez
The reputable source npc as here.
Jose Diaz
>who watches the watchman
Absurdist. I like it.
Because CNN is more trustworthy?
Juan Lopez
I don’t understand this ‘material’ law, so they’re allowed to commit fraud because they’re on the government’s payroll? Who would come up with a law like this I wonder
Lol
Lmao
Hunter Myers
Nice source schizo
John Rivera
Pfizer should be a smoldering heap of rubble on top of the CEOs corpse by now
Isaiah Davis
they didnt committed fraud because the government knew they were lying.
or so it seems to be their interpretation.
Jackson Ramirez
lmao
Liam Cruz
Can't be real
Luis Walker
remember, capitalism is THE BEST and doesn't need any improvement like holding companies responsible for their actions AT ALL so trying is COMMUNISM
Nicholas Smith
The argument is like this:
If I sell you a shitty car, and you know it's a shitty car but buy it anyway I can't be charged with fraud because you knowingly bought a shitty car.
Note that in the beginning of lawsuits lawyers will often throw out kind of crazy arguments in an attempt to to just get it dismissed right away. Lawyers are professionally obligated to try any route that could end in their client winning.
Charles Perry
Does anyone know what happened with the Uruguay Pfizer story? There was a mandate to produce documentation within 48 hours, and I can't find anything on Google about it.
Oliver Campbell
It is real. Its also tucking retarded. The government should be sued for a trillion dollars for this big of a fuck up
Anthony Scott
What about >the absolute state of the world today leads you to this particular conclusion?
Ethan Hill
There is no punishment for making retarded arguments?
Eli Rodriguez
Nothing ever happens, sadly.
Daniel Walker
I don't know, I feel like this calls for blood more than monetary compensation.
Carter King
money?
Levi Brooks
>make 10 billion selling garbage to idiots
>settle for 2 billion when people complain
>repeat
Asher Morgan
>If I sell you a shitty car, and you know it's a shitty car but buy it anyway I can't be charged with fraud because you knowingly bought a shitty car.
What happened to lemon laws? Aren't they supposed to be applicable here?
Colton Gomez
You have a point
Nathaniel Rodriguez
That is a very Talmud interpretation of law. Wew.
Hudson Davis
Until the lawsuits cost more than the profitfrom fucking over consumers, nothing will change.
Jaxon Watson
>muh money
Until people start being stoned in the streets for their crimes the corruption will continue.