Our Litigators of the (Past) Week are Pete Marketos of Reese Marketos and Sherrie Savett of Berger Montague, who represented whistleblowers who secured a record $1.64 billion False Claims Act judgment against Johnson & Johnson unit Janssen Products late last month.
The Berger Montague team litigated on behalf of whistleblowers Jessica Penelow and Christine Brancaccio for years, then brought on the Reese Marketos team in 2022 to take the case to trial. After a six-week trial in 2024, federal jurors in New Jersey awarded $120 million in federal False Claims Act damages after finding Janssen submitted 159,574 false claims by unlawfully promoting the HIV drugs Prezista and Intelence. Jurors tacked on an additional $30 million in damages, finding violations of 27 state FCAs.
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