( September 23, 2026, 1:28 PM EDT) -- GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A federal judge in Michigan on Sept. 22 issued a final order closing a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that Abbott Laboratories “made and sold substandard, adulterated, and non-compliant infant formula and nutritional therapy products for distribution to Federal Payer Programs and Private Payers, and submitted false claims for payment to the federal government” after the parties filed a joint stipulation of dismissal indicating that Abbott has agreed to pay $384,999,040.12 to resolve the qui tam lawsuit, as well as intervenor complaints filed by the United States and various states....