Category: Qui Tam

-ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER-                 Keeping patients on hospice care for years and letting the government foot the bill can lead to serious problems, as one healthcare provider recently learned.  Hospice care is a type of palliative end of life care for those expected to die within 180 days.  While an […]

-ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER- In the complaint, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settled a lawsuit against two affiliates from S.A.C. Capital Advisor, CR Intrinsic Investors and Sigma Captial, who agreed to pay approximately $614 million for insider trading fraud instead of admitting guilt. The complaint also alleged several investment companies with […]

-ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER-               Big companies have been alleged by the SEC for keeping U.S. profits overseas, including GE, Apple, Microsoft, and Google. Here, GE alleged in the filing that it “reinvested most of these profits in foreign business operations and does not intend to bring those profits back to […]

-ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER- The False Claims Act is a step forward to reducing the waste of taxpayer dollars, aiming to impose liability on person and companies who defraud governmental programs. Relator (or whistle blower) is allowed to receive 50% of the proceeds of the lawsuit, including damages and penalties, given within […]

– ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER –  The Food and Drug Administration recalled two powerful acid concentrates in March of 2012. Both products, GranuFlo, a powder-based concentrate, and Naturalyte, a liquid-based concentrate, were sold to numerous dialysis centers nationwide. Medical directors and physicals anonymously reported “troubling findings” associated with both concentrates’ dosing measurements […]

– ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER –                  Amgen, Inc., a California-based biotechnology company, agrees to pay a $2.9 million settlement after allegations of marketing their products to patients who did not fit the approved labeling by the Food & Drug Administration. The product in subject, […]

– ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER –     Under the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA), the federal wage and hour law, a dramatic number of class action and collective issues have been filed against home healthcare employers.  Such actions filed by plaintiff’s attorneys have alleged that clinicians in home healthcare facilities have been improperly […]

OSHA’s Office of Whistleblower Protection Program under the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of the Assistant Secretary has strengthened its ability to respond to workplace grievances. Under the DOL, OSHA matters will have greater priority than they did under the Directorate of Enforcement Programs. In a recent October 2012 action, […]

-Attorney Newsletter-   A former Deutsche Bank employee has filed a lawsuit against the bank for alleged retaliation that occurred after he questioned bank discrepancies and charges to customers that he alleges were caused by the bank’s failure to invest in adequate systems. The claim asserts that the bank’s systems […]

-ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER-   Under new legislation signed last November by President Obama, the federal government has made it a priority to protect whistleblowers who report waste and fraud in both private industry and government agencies. Enhancements to the whistleblower protection laws state that federal employees may challenge policy decisions without […]