Believe it or not, the Justice Department has more to do than investigate the Trump Administration—such as its crackdown on people seeking to profit by misusing a federal anti-fraud statute. Justice last week filed motions in seven federal courts to dismiss “with prejudice” 11 lawsuits against 38 different pharmaceutical companies. The suits were brought by so-called whistleblowers under the False Claims Act, which allows Americans to sue companies for defrauding the government. The lawsuits claim drug companies used “nurse...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 27, 2018 00:11 UTC