Civil Division Press Releases for 1999
| December 23 | News Advisory President Grants Pardons |
| November 10 | U.S. Files Lawsuit Against Minnesota Coin Manufacturer for Deceptive Practices in its Replication of U.S. Coins |
| November 8 | Pentax Corporation Agrees to Pay $20 Million for Violating Country of Origin Marking Laws |
| November 2 | Abbott Laboratories to Remedy Deficiencies in Medical Diagnostic Devices and Pay $100 Million |
| November 1 | Medical device manufacturer in Charlotte, N.C. pays U.S. $535,000 to settle false claims to Medicare case |
| October 18 | Peabody Holding Company Agrees to Pay $11 Million for Claims of Underpayment of Coal Royalties |
| October 13 | Emergency Physician Billing Company and Physician Founder to Pay $15 Million for Health Care Billing Fraud |
| October 1 | Judge Issues Opinion in Savings and Loan Goodwill Case |
| September 29 | U.S. Sues Japanese Electronics Compay for Contract Bid-Rigging Scheme |
| September 22 | Statement by Assistant Attorney General David Ogden on the Filing Against the Major Tobacco Companies |
| September 22 | Statement by Attorney General Janet Reno on the Filing Against the Major Tobacco Companies |
| September 22 | United States Sues Cigarette Companies to Recover Federal Health Care Costs |
| September 15 | Walgreen Co. Pays $7.6 Million to Settle False Claims Case. Company Is First to Settle Claims of Billing Federal Health Insurance Programs for Full Amount of Prescriptions That Were Partially Filled |
| August 31 | Oxy USA Agrees to Pay $7.3 Million for Claims of Underpayment of Royalties |
| August 3 | Panel Issues Decision on Compensation for Zapruder Film |
| July 29 | Columbia/HCA Healthcare to Pay $1.25 Million to Settle False Claims Suit Involving North Carolina Hospital |
| July 28 | Southwestern Federal Medicare Contractors Admit Concealing Evidence of Poor Performance and Obstructing Federal Auditors |
| July 19 | Olsten Corporation and a Subsidiary Agree to Pay $61 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Damages |
| July 12 | Emergency Physician Billing Company to Pay $15 Million to Settle Health Care Billing Fraud Claims |
| June 28 | Baker & Taylor, Inc. Pays $3 Million to Settle Allegations of Overcharging for Books |
| June 22 | Allied Signal Subsidiary Agrees to Pay $200,000 to Settle Claims |
| June 21 | United States Seeks Rehearing of Encryption Decision |
| May 25 | United States Intervenes in Lawsuit against Columbia/HCA |
| May 7 | Department of Justice Statement on Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision in Encryption Case |
| April 26 | Top Health Care Fraud Officials Meet as National Task Force. New task force focuses on nursing home fraud and exclusion from Medicare Program |
| April 16 | Department of Justice Statement on California Federal Bank v. United States |
| April 9 | Department of Justice Statement on Glendale Federal Savings Bank, FSB v. United States |
| April 9 | Justice Department Joins Lawsuit Against Columbia/HCA and Curative Health Services. Suit alleges violations of False Claims Act and Medicare/Medicaid Anti-Kickback Act |
| April 6 | Department of Justice Statement on Consultants for Tobacco Litigation |
| March 18 | Attorney General Approves Regulations Revising Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Requirements. Revised Regulations Expected to Provide Access to Larger Numbers of Individuals |
| March 11 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals to Pay $8 Million to Settle Allegations of Overcharging Veterans Affairs |
| March 3 | Justice Department Sues United Technologies Division for Overcharges on Jet Engine Contract. |
| February 12 | United States Adds Two Major Oil Companies to Oil Royalties Lawsuit. |
| January 21 | U.S. Settles False Claims Suit Against Company. Teledyne withheld information in previous false claims settlement with the Government. |
| January 21 | Defense Contractor Pays More than $400,000 for Overcharging Defense Department. |
| January 16 | U.S. Joins False Claims Act Case against Comsat Corporation. |
| January 12 | Case Corporation Pays $1.9 Million to Settle Allegations of Overbilling Government Customers. |
| January 11 | Ingersoll-Rand Subsidiary Pays $3 Million to Settle Allegations of Overcharging Government. |
