January 31, 2025
SuperValu is bound for trial in February over whistleblower claims that it billed the government higher-than-customary prices for millions of prescriptions, marking an important test of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that revived the case and redefined the standard of proof under the False Claims Act.
August 05, 2019
An Illinois federal judge on Monday handed whistleblowers a partial win in a suit accusing SuperValu of overcharging the federal government for medication, ruling that the government was entitled to discounted prices the grocer offered cash customers.
July 12, 2018
An Illinois federal judge rejected SuperValu Inc.'s bid for sanctions against whistleblowers it accused of destroying key evidence to their claims it overcharged the government for medicine, saying Thursday the issue seems more like a case of miscommunication than bad-faith conduct.
June 22, 2018
Whistleblowers in a lawsuit accusing grocery store conglomerate SuperValu Inc. of overcharging the federal government for medication asked an Illinois federal judge to sanction the chain, saying it destroyed material evidence that would have helped prove their claims.
June 12, 2018
Retailers led by SuperValu Inc. blasted whistleblowers' attempted quick win on certain Medicare and Medicaid allegations concerning alleged overbilling of the federal government for medication, arguing that Seventh Circuit precedent does not say the government should have gotten the discounted prices the companies offered cash customers.
January 09, 2018
SuperValu Inc. asked an Illinois federal judge to sanction a pair of whistleblowers who sued the grocery store conglomerate over claims it was overcharging the federal government for medication Tuesday, saying they destroyed all evidence of specific conversations they used to back up the suit's allegations.
April 17, 2017
An Illinois federal judge on Monday ordered pharmacy chain Supervalu to produce documents it had been withholding in the discovery phase of the False Claims Act case against it brought by whistleblowers who said the company had misrepresented prices in order to receive higher reimbursement payments from the federal government.
October 21, 2016
An Illinois federal judge on Friday kept alive a False Claims Act suit accusing SuperValu pharmacies of charging the government more than the general public, finding that lower drug prices could be "usual and customary" regardless of how often they were actually paid.
February 17, 2016
Two pharmacists suing SuperValu Inc. in Illinois federal court for allegedly running a nationwide scheme to charge government health care programs more than the general public for prescription drugs on Tuesday said their suit shouldn't be dismissed, as they made sufficient arguments under the False Claims Act.