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Understanding What the DOJ Is Looking For in a FCA Claim
Through a False Claims Act (FCA) claim, a plaintiff (or “relator” as they are called in FCA cases) stands to earn between 15-25% of the proceeds that are recovered in the lawsuit. Many FCA lawsuits result in damages in the tens of millions of dollars, meaning that a...
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Iraq War Whistleblower Lawsuits Continue to be Filed
The United States formally withdrew military forces from Iraq in December 2011 after over eight years of presence in the country, but, nearly five years later, whistleblower lawsuits alleging that contractors providing services to the US government violated the False...
Johnson & Johnson Whistleblower Wins $3.5 Million Reward
An employee whistleblower who last year filed a civil whistleblower claim against Johnson & Johnson over business practices at Acclarent, a company that Johnson & Johnson acquired in 2010, has netted the employee $3.5 million in a whistleblower award from the...
FCA Penalties to Double
The False Claims Act (FCA) is a federal law that imposes liability on companies or individuals who defraud governmental programs. Either the government or a private citizen can initiate a suit under the FCA. Depending on the circumstances of the case, whistleblowers...
CTFC Announces Fourth Whistleblower Award
The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, recently announced that it had awarded a whistleblower who had come forward with information leading to an enforcement action a $50,000 award. This is the fourth award that the CFTC has made to a whistleblower...
Whistleblower Recovers $9.5 Million from Renown Health for False Medicare Claims
Renown Health, operator of the largest health care network in northern Nevada, has agreed to pay $9.5 million to settle allegations of patient-overcharges and Medicare fraud. The settlement resolves claims by whistleblower Ceci Guardiola, who was represented by...
Will the Panama Papers Lead to Whistleblowing Awards in the US?
In April 2016, an anonymous source leaked what is by some measures the most significant amount of financial data in history to a German newspaper and society of investigative journalists. The documents, which have come to be known as “The Panama Papers,” contain 11.5...