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Beasley Allen attorneys named to 2012 edition of Best Lawyers

Seventeen Beasley Allen attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2012 edition of Best Lawyers in America®. Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, and appears as the exclusive lawyer list on U.S. News & World Report website www.USNews.com.

Trial Court awards $38.2 million to the State of Mississippi in Beasley Allen Medicaid fraud lawsuit

MONTGOMERY, ALA. (September 2, 2011) – Today Judge Thomas L. Zebert found in favor of the State of Mississippi in its case against pharmaceutical company Sandoz, Inc. in the Chancery Court of Rankin County, Mississippi, and awarded a total verdict of $38,191, 427.00. The case, Mississippi Medicaid Pharmaceutical Average Wholesale Price Litigation (Master Docket No. 65586-65632, 66312, 66313, 66314) involves allegations that Sandoz caused to be published inflated “Average Wholesale Prices” (AWPs) for the drugs manufactured by Sandoz, which resulted in the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) reimbursing pharmacies at an inflated price, all allegedly in violation of the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act; the Mississippi Medicaid Fraud Control act and common law fraud. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood authorized the filing of these lawsuits against the pharmaceutical companies and Beasley Allen attorneys W. Daniel “Dee” Miles, III and Clay Barnett, along with former Mississippi Governor Ronnie Musgrove from Copeland, Cook, Taylor and Bush tried the three-week trial in April.

Hawaii sues drug wholesaler and drug data publisher for inflated average wholesale prices

HONOLULU - Attorney General Mark Bennett announced today that the State of Hawai'i has filed a complaint against McKesson Corporation and First DataBank, Inc., as part of an ongoing effort to recover for what the State believes were prescription drug overcharges to the State.  The State's previous related lawsuit recovered (in total) more than $82 million from prescription drug manufacturers.

Beasley Allen files Medicaid Fraud lawsuit on behalf of State of Louisiana

Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has filed a lawsuit in East Baton Rouge Parish District Court alleging that 18 drug companies have ripped off state taxpayers by overcharging the Medicaid program. The suit says that the companies misreported their drug prices in a deliberate effort to increase the payments they receive from the Louisiana Medicaid system. Block Law Firm of Thibodaux and Beasley, Allen, Crow Methvin, Portis & Miles of Montgomery, Ala., signed the suit, along with Caldwell. Beasley Allen is among the nation's leading plaintiffs firms. Attorneys working on this case from Beasley Allen are W. Daniel Miles, III, head of the firm's Consumer Fraud Section, Roman Shaul, and Alison Douillard.

An update on pending FLSA litigation

Our firm has recently settled three significant FLSA cases on a class wide (collective action) basis, providing employees of those companies with back wages that they were wrongfully denied as a result of labor abuses. While each company's labor violations differed slightly, each involved a common theme we continue to see in these labor abuse cases. That common theme is where employers intentionally misclassify employees as managers and independent contractors in order to escape paying overtime pay.

Federal Appeals Court renders important decision against Family Dollar

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a $35.6 million judgment against Family Dollar Stores Inc. originally handed down by a Tuscaloosa, Ala., federal jury in 2006. The jury said the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by wrongly classifying employees as store managers in order to deny them overtime pay.

Wage-Hour Employment

Wage and Hour Employment Cases

On August 7th, 2006, Beasley Allen filed a lawsuit for approximately twenty-five hundred former and current Dollar General store managers in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Young Lawyers Section announces 2004-2005 officers

The Young Lawyers Section of the Alabama State Bar Association recently announced its officers for 2004-2005. They are as follows: Brannon J. Buck of Maynard, Cooper & Gale PC in Birmingham, president; Christy D. Crow of Jinks, Daniel & Crow LLC in Union Springs, president-elect; Roman Shaul…