Medtronic wins temporary reprieve in ex-rep’s whistleblower suit

Medtronic wins temporary reprieve in ex-rep’s whistleblower suit (MassDevice)
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) got a temporary reprieve this week in a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a former sales rep over its Verte-Stack spine implants
Bryan Shapiro, a former rep for Medtronic’s spine business, filed a whistleblower lawsuit in July 2016, alleging that Medtronic and its subsidiaries “engaged in a fraudulent scheme that caused the Medicare and Medicaid Programs to pay unlawful claims for payment” using a kickbacks scheme involving travel junkets dating back to 2000. The suit, filed in the U.S. District C...