Category: False Claims

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER United State Senator Ron Wyden is investigating the recent firing of a nuclear power plant whistleblower.  The whistleblower worked for UBS Corporation for more than 44 years.   He was employed at a nuclear facility on the west coast.  Senator Wyden wrote a letter to the Energy Secretary about […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Diagnostic laboratories, a California based medical laboratory agreed to pay $19.4 million to settle a whistleblower case.  The money will be paid to federal and state governments.  The two whistleblowers alleged that their employment was terminated at the company after they reported kickbacks and secret discounts. California whistleblower […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A recent whistleblower lawsuit accused Quest Diagnostics of defrauding a state Medicaid program.  Quest Diagnostics is an operator of medical laboratories in the United States.  The whistleblower lawsuit alleges that Quest diagnostics defrauded a state Medicaid program by billing it at higher rates than other customers.  California whistleblower […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced its largest reward to date for $14 million dollars.  The whistleblower who received the award gave information to the Securities and Exchange Commission that lead to an enforcement action that recovered substantial funds.  Whistleblowers who receive payments get the money from […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The founder of Beanie babies, Ty Warner, was recently charged with tax evasion.  The charge stems from his ownership of offshore accounts that were not reported to the IRS.  He says that he will plead guilty and pay the $53 million fine for IRS tax evasion.  According to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A new study was published recently that shows that medical errors are the likely cause of for over 400,000 deaths each year in the United States.  Whistleblowers have claimed that certain hospital corporations have intentionally admitted patients to hospitals that do not need to be in the hospital.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Congress instituted The False Claims Act (FCA) in order to hold individuals and businesses accountable if they partake in fraudulent activity regarding government entities.  Individuals, called whistleblowers are urged to bring these claims to court on behalf of the government. Whistleblowers are imperative in providing such information to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER In July of 2013, the Justice Department announced a multi-million dollar settlement as part of the whistleblower rewards program.  This whistleblower case involved allegations that a Michigan based cardiology group performed unnecessary heart procedures on patients.  Specifically, it was alleged that doctors in the group ordered heart catheterizations […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Securities and Exchange Commission Whistleblower program is nearly two years old.  Key features of the whistleblower program are confidentiality, legal protection, and a reward system for whistleblowers. Whistleblower and securities attorneys think that the whistleblower program is off to a good start. A former Internal Revenue Service […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Many corporations have yet to realize that whistleblower retaliation is illegal.  Cases where whistleblowers have helped the government recoup money that was gotten as a result of fraud have been in the news recently.  However, some corporations have yet to understand their legal obligations with respect to whistleblower […]