False Claims
Representative Cases
U.S. ex rel. Robinson v. Northrop Grumman Co., 89 C 6111 (N.D. Ill.) The firm represents relators who have alleged massive fraud in Northrop's accounting and engineering systems for the B-1, B-2, and F-15 programs at its facility in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. After a 1992 decision by the Government not to intervene, the Firm has continued to pursue the case aggressively. Based on facts the firm developed through discovery and its own investigation, the Government reopened its criminal investigation and decided to re-intervene in the case. After 16 years of intense litigation, the case settled for $139 million in 2005.
General Instrument Securities Litigation, 92 C 1129 (N.D. Ill.). The firm was part of the case leadership in a securities fraud class action that was recently settled for over $40 million. The Firm successfully compelled General Instrument to produce 400 documents that the company had claimed were privileged. 190 F.R.D. 527 (N.D. Ill. 2000).