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Pharmaceutical Kickbacks and FCA Whistleblower Awards
If you work in the pharmaceutical world or the healthcare world, then you know that pharmaceutical companies often employ small armies of marketing representatives with large budgets to get their products on the radars of physicians. While marketing of pharmaceutical...
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Court Hands Whistleblowers A Big Victory
In a case with wide-ranging implications for potential whistleblower plaintiffs, the U.S. Supreme Court recently handed down a decision in the case of Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar clarifying that a plaintiff may successfully bring a claim under the False Claims Act (FCA) where a defendant failed to disclose that the services it was providing violated material requirements of applicable law.
SEC Awards $26 Million to Five Whistleblowers in One Month
On June 9, the SEC announced that it had just awarded $17 million to a whistleblower who had come forward to provide information aiding the agency in an enforcement action. That award is the second-largest whistleblowing award since the SEC began its whistleblowing...
What is the Federal False Claims Act?
The False Claims Act (FCA) has a long history in the United States, and was actually signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln to protect the federal government from contractors who attempted to defraud the government by providing shoddy or worthless goods and...
How to Report Tax Fraud to the IRS
Whistleblowers are often torn about reporting their suspicions. This is especially the case with tax fraud. After all, who wants to willingly engage with the IRS? Filing taxes every April can seem like enough of a hassle. But allowing tax cheats to commit fraud is...
What Laws Protect Whistleblowers
Choosing to do what’s right is not always an easy task. Deciding to become a whistleblower is one of the most difficult and stressful decisions you may ever make. Fear of retaliation or persecution is one of the biggest roadblocks standing in the way of whistleblowers...
How Whistleblowers Can Aid the Government in Stopping Mortgage Fraud
Thanks to extensive news coverage and even a couple Hollywood blockbusters, we’re all painfully aware of the financial crisis of 2007-2008 and the ensuing collapse of the housing market. Many of our country’s largest banks have been hit with allegations of mortgage...