In giving final approval to the $158 million settlement with Texas over illegal promotion of Risperdal, Judge John Dietz denied Johnson &Johnson’s request to halve whistleblower Allen Jones’ share of the award. Jones, who lost his job as an investigator for Pennsylvania’s Office of the Inspector General when he brought attention to Medicaid fraud which has resulted in dozens of resolved and pending lawsuits, worried that J&J’s effort to limit his award would discourage other whistleblowers and law firms from filing such cases. “The number is not what it was originally about,” Jones said.
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Good going, Judge John Dietz.
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