False Claims: One Insider’s Impossible Battle Against Big Pharma Corruption
Date: Jul 16, 2025 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, and Online
Member Price: $159.00
Non-Member Price: $199.00
Section Price: $0.00
Areas of Law: Health, Labor & Employment
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A presentation and seminar featuring Lisa Pratta, author of the best-selling book “False Claims.”
In Big Pharma, lives are secondary to profit margins. But Lisa Pratta stood her ground—risking everything to expose the lies of a billion-dollar pharmaceutical business mired in deception, greed, and the systemic abuse of both patients and employees.
As a rising star in pharmaceutical sales, Lisa Pratta wanted to believe that she was helping improve the lives of people who suffered from illness. But as she climbed the corporate ladder, she uncovered a sinister world of bribery, fraud, and sexual harassment—all papered over with a thin veneer of corporate respectability.
At Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Pratta found herself at a small company with a blockbuster drug that could have been a lifeline for patients suffering from multiple sclerosis—that is, if it was prescribed properly. But instead, Questcor chose profits over patients, training its sales force to push untested treatment regimens with the sole purpose of beating its competition. Pratta recognized this as not only dangerous but highly illegal. In the midst of this controversy, Questcor arbitrarily inflated the drug’s price to a jaw-dropping $28,000 per vial. Torn between her morals and the financial stability the job provided for her child with a disability, Pratta made a decision that would change her life forever: she reported the fraudulent practices of the company to the federal government.
Pratta’s complaint was based on violations of the False Claims Act, which includes a qui tam provision allowing private citizens to sue on behalf of the government. So, for nearly a decade, Pratta led a double life—feeding insider information to the U.S. Department of Justice while enduring the relentless demands of her company to sell their drug using illegal marketing tactics. Her experience as a whistleblower is a sobering look at pharmaceutical industry corruption— and an inspiring example of using the law to fight back.
Join Pratta as she presents a keynote that recounts this incredible true story.
Following this talk, Pratta and her attorney will join a roundtable conversation with prominent New Jersey lawyers to discuss the legal issues presented in the book. The program will conclude with a meet-and-greet with Pratta.
Each in-person attendee will receive a copy of “False Claims: One Insider’s Impossible Battle Against Big Pharma Corruption.”
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