Whistleblower News From The Inside -- July 12, 2017

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Ex-Insys employee in U.S. kickback case loses fight to smoke pot — Jeffrey Pearlman, a former sales manager for Insys Therapeutics who was indicted in December for his role in an alleged scheme to pay kickbacks to doctors to induce them to prescribe the opioid Subsys, has lost the argument that he has a constitutional right to use medical marijuana while on bail. Reuters

Whistleblower lawsuit against Gilead Sciences can proceed — Reversing a lower court decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that two former Gilead employees can pursue their claims that the company made false statements to the government about their compliance with federal regulations governing the manufacture of HIV drugs. SFGate

Florida doctor pleads guilty to “toenail clipping” fraud scheme — Podiatrist Michael Rotstein faces up to 10 years in prison for falsely billing Medicare and TRICARE for medical procedures allegedly involving the removal of skin and muscle when, in fact, the majority of these procedures were for non-reimbursable routine foot care, such as the clipping of toenails. WKMG Orlando