November 24, 2015
Whistleblower lawsuit alleges another contractor is overcharging the US Navy
Still reeling from a massive bribery scandal that cost the government tens of millions of dollars, the US Navy is facing a new lawsuit that once again calls their oversight of contractors into question....
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November 23, 2015
HCA pays $2 million in Medicare fraud settlement
HCA has reached a settlement in yet another Medicare fraud billing case brought by whistleblowers. The Justice Department, along with the state of Florida, announced last week that HCA Holdings Inc. will...
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November 20, 2015
Whistleblower Law Insights Weekly Report: 11/20/2015
The SEC released its annual report on its Whistleblower Award Program, which showed whistleblower tips continued to increase in 2015. There were nearly 4,000 tips from 61 different countries in 2015, leading...
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Wisconsin’s latest False Claims Act settlement likely to be one of the last
The Department of Justice and the Wisconsin Attorney General announced Wednesday that they reached an agreement to settle three separate False Claims Act lawsuits against Deaconess Home Health for $3.7...
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November 19, 2015
Climate change research is a disclosure issue for energy companies
Members of Congress and prosecutors have been raising the question of whether energy companies misled the public and their investors about the risks of climate change. Last month, House Democrats Ted Lieu...
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Sen. Grassley Receives Award For Defending Whistleblowers
The Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund awarded Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) the “Honest Abe Integrity in Government” award this week for his work defending whistleblowers and taxpayer funds....
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November 18, 2015
Arbitration clauses in employment contracts can hurt whistleblowers, others
A series of New York Times articles earlier this month brought increased public attention to a phenomenon that class action lawyers have been observing closely for many years and that is a concern for...
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November 17, 2015
SEC whistleblower program report shows continued success
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Whistleblower received nearly 4,000 whistleblower tips from every state and 61 different countries in the past year, according to a new report from...
$95.5 million settlement by EDMC is ‘significant achievement’ in fraud cases against for-profit colleges
The second largest for-profit college operator in the US agreed Monday to pay a settlement of $95.5 million to resolve allegations that it was running a “high pressure boiler room” where admissions...
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November 16, 2015
Court: ‘Strong public policy’ protects whistleblowers regarding company records
A recent federal court decision in New York sheds light on one of the biggest concerns of any employee or former employee who suspects their employer may be engaging in wrongdoing: When can a whistleblower...
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