Month: December 2017

The Statute FEDERAL FALSE CLAIMS ACT 31 USC 3729-3733 (As amended July 21, 2010, P.L. 111-203) § 3729. False claims (a) Liability for certain acts. (1) In general. Subject to paragraph (2), any person...

Are Whistleblower Laws Federal or State? In the US, whistleblower laws exist at both the federal and state levels. The False Claims Act and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 are examples of federal...

What is whistleblower retaliation? What whistleblower protection is offered under the False Claims Act? What job protection is offered for SEC and CFTC whistleblowers? What whistleblower job protection...

1. Choose your whistleblower attorney carefully. Consider whether the lawyer has experience in qui tam lawsuits. The False Claims Act is a very complicated law, and a misinterpretation of its provisions...

Whistleblowers file many types of qui tam cases – ranging from healthcare fraud cases to defense fraud cases to other types of fraud – to expose and stop fraud that puts the health and wellbeing of...

What is a healthcare fraud whistleblower? Healthcare fraud whistleblowers are defined as those who provide information about Medicare fraud, Medicaid fraud, and other healthcare fraud that costs the government...

Kmart agreed to pay $42 million ($32.3 of which went to the federal government) to settle allegations Kmart overcharged government healthcare programs and private insurers for generic prescription drugs....

WASHINGTON, DC, Dec. 23, 2017 – Kmart Corp. has agreed to pay $42 million to the federal government and a number of states to settle a whistleblower lawsuit jointly litigated by Phillips & Cohen...

WASHINGTON, DC, Dec. 18, 2017 – John R. Phillips, a key architect of the False Claims Act, is returning to whistleblower law firm Phillips & Cohen LLP as a partner following his service as US ambassador...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Dec. 6, 2017 – Phillips & Cohen whistleblower lawyer Claire M. Sylvia was named a “Litigation Star” in California for 2018 by Benchmark Litigation for her success as a False...