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United States ex rel. Blaum v. Triad Isotopes, Inc.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.
May 15, 2015
104 F. Supp. 3d 901 (N.D. Ill. 2015)

Summary

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Opinion

Case No.: 11–cv–8098

05-15-2015

United States of America, State of Illinois, and Cook County ex rel. Matthew Blaum, Relator,andHot Shots NM, LLC, Plaintiff, v. Triad Isotopes, Inc.; Covidien, Inc.; Todd Giba; Donald Trepashko, M.D.; and Sami Distributors, Inc., Defendants.

Daniel Moore Twetten, Loevy & Loevy, Boulder, CO, Anand Swaminathan, Arthur R. Loevy, Jonathan I. Loevy, Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, for Relator/Plaintiff. John Francis Grady, Lauren F. Catlin, Grady Bell LLP, Laura Gaffney Hoey, Ropes & Gray LLP, John Joseph Rock, Cory D. Anderson, James Bryan Novy, Patrick William Chinnery, Rock Fusco & Connelly, LLC, Patrick John Cotter, Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., Keevan David Morgan, Alanna G. Morgan, Morgan & Bley, Ltd., Diane Green–Kelly, David Ackland Maas, Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL, Andrew J O'Connor, Kirsten Valerie Mayer, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA, for Defendant.


Daniel Moore Twetten, Loevy & Loevy, Boulder, CO, Anand Swaminathan, Arthur R. Loevy, Jonathan I. Loevy, Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, for Relator/Plaintiff.

John Francis Grady, Lauren F. Catlin, Grady Bell LLP, Laura Gaffney Hoey, Ropes & Gray LLP, John Joseph Rock, Cory D. Anderson, James Bryan Novy, Patrick William Chinnery, Rock Fusco & Connelly, LLC, Patrick John Cotter, Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., Keevan David Morgan, Alanna G. Morgan, Morgan & Bley, Ltd., Diane Green–Kelly, David Ackland Maas, Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL, Andrew J O'Connor, Kirsten Valerie Mayer, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION


Summaries of

United States ex rel. Blaum v. Triad Isotopes, Inc.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.
May 15, 2015
104 F. Supp. 3d 901 (N.D. Ill. 2015)

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Case details for

United States ex rel. Blaum v. Triad Isotopes, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:United States of America, State of Illinois, and Cook County ex rel…

Court:United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

Date published: May 15, 2015

Citations

104 F. Supp. 3d 901 (N.D. Ill. 2015)
2015 Trade Cases P. 79

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