Kurt R. Karst

District Court Enters Consent Decree Against QVC for Third Party Representations; QVC to Pay $1.5M in a Civil Monetary Penalty and $6M in Consumer RedressMarch 9th, 2009
By John R. Fleder & Kurt R. Karst – Last week, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania entered a Consent Decree against giant home shopping retailer QVC, Inc. The Consent Decree stems from a June 14, 2000 Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) decision …
Yet Another Court Makes it Harder for Whistleblowers to Bring Qui Tam Actions Alleging Unlawful Off-Label Promotional PracticesDecember 19th, 2008
By John R. Fleder & Kurt R. Karst – On December 10, 2008, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago dismissed a federal False Clams Act qui tam action in U.S. ex rel. Kennedy v. Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. involving allegations of off-label …