Several health care industry companies, including Medicis, ArthroCare and Amedisys, reported in their 2012 first quarter reports that they were under Department of Justice investigations and had received civil investigative demands from the government.

Civil investigative demands, referred to as CIDs, are a particularly powerful pre-lawsuit administrative tool for federal investigations.  Using CIDs, the government can demand documents, propound interrogatories…

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