SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 21 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:
OAKLAND- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced that California has joined 39 other states and the federal government in reaching an agreement with Abbott Laboratories (Abbott) to settle allegations that the company caused false claims to be submitted to federal and state programs arising from its failure to manufacture certain powder infant formula and nutritional therapy products in compliance with federal and state requirements. Abbott, an Illinois-based healthcare company that manufactures and sells infant formula and nutritional therapy products, will pay $348,700,868 to the United States to resolve the False Claims Act a...