Category: Qui Tam

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Lawsuit Spotlights Medicare/Medi-Cal Overbilling False Claims A false claims lawsuit against a nursing home alleging overbilling of Medicare and Medi-Cal recently settled for $54 million. The large false claims case was a whistleblower suit, also known as a qui tam. According to reports of the settlement, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Worldwide Whistleblowing A former automotive engineer and employee of South Korean auto manufacturer Hyundai believed his former employer was hiding a dangerous product defect in its cars. He supposedly presented documentary evidence to both the South Korean and United States governments to substantiate his allegations. The whistleblower alleged […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Hospice Chain Settles $12.2 Million Whistleblower Case Whistleblower Reveals Massive Kickback Scheme A large hospice chain recently settled a whistleblower (also known as a “qui tam”) case alleging large scale violations of the False Claims Act (FCA). The FCA allows private citizens to initiate whistleblower or qui tam […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Iraq War False Claims Act Case Huge Whistleblower Settlement A food purveyor to American troops in the Iraq War recently settled a massive criminal and civil false claim whistleblower (also known as “qui tam”) case against it. During the war, the purveyor held over $8.5 billion in contracts […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Health Care Fraud At Its Ugliest Sometimes stories of fraud just stop you in your tracks. This is one such case. Recently, state authorities rescued 60 residents of a nursing home after their food ran out and trash piled up. Food and services bills hadn’t been paid. Resident […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Attachments Help Secure Whistleblower Awards Potential Millions in Whistleblower Award The HDL Labs/BlueWave Medicare fraud scam is the biggest clinical lab fraud scam yet in the health care industry. A whistleblower (or “qui tam”) lawsuit brought several years ago by a private individual exposed the fraud. The […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER New Developments in False Claims Act Cases As the end of a Supreme Court session rolls around, attorneys tend to take a moment to recoup, gather the decisions, and take a look at what new features have been added to the landscape of the law. This has been […]

Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 This newly signed law strengthens the protections for whistleblowers who report illegal practices to the government, particularly with regards to trade secrets. In the past, employees who signed “gag orders” or non-disclosure agreements were hampered in their ability to report malfeasance, particularly in the […]

Congress Looks at Reforming the False Claims Act The False Claims Act was originally created during the Civil War to allow ordinary citizens to sue fraudulent companies on behalf of the government. Companies that intentionally sold low-quality goods to the Union Army could be brought to task by civilians who […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblowers in Qui Tam Tax Cases In a qui tam tax case, an individual, as known as a whistleblower, reports to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) a tax fraud. The whistleblower or reporter has 3 years from the time the fraudulent tax return was filed for making a […]