October 12, 2017
New Namibia law marks first step toward whistleblower protection
In an effort to combat corruption, Namibia President Hage Geingob signed the Whistleblower Protection Act into law last week. The multifaceted law is an attempt to reduce the corruption that has plagued...
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September 27, 2017
Court revives Wells Fargo whistleblower case following Supreme Court Escobar ruling
A federal appeals court gave whistleblower cases an important boost this month when it revived a False Claims Act case against Wells Fargo and its affiliates, reversing its own decision to kill the case...
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September 14, 2017
Court rules mandatory employee arbitration agreement does not apply in whistleblower lawsuit
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that a Nevada company could not use an arbitration agreement it required an employee to sign when she applied for a job to prevent a False Claims Act...
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August 04, 2017
Halliburton charged with violating FCPA, agrees to pay $29.2 million
Halliburton’s $29.2 million settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission last week stemmed from a decision by an anonymous whistleblower to report to the company a scheme to secure lucrative...
July 18, 2017
Whistleblower case against Gilead Sciences wins important court victory for patient protection
A recent appeals court decision cleared a legal path for future whistleblower cases seeking to ensure that drugs paid for by the government comply with important safety regulations that protect patients....
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June 22, 2017
Court rules against Dodd-Frank whistleblower protections for internal whistleblowers
A recent ruling from a federal judge in Illinois has added to the minority view in a significant split in court opinions over whether employees who report suspicions of securities violations by their employers...
June 19, 2017
More states sue pharma companies for role in opioid epidemic
In the midst of the nationwide epidemic of opioid addiction and overdoses, states and local governments are turning to the courts in an effort to slow the overprescribing of opioid drugs and recover some...
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June 08, 2017
Food supplier to US military settles whistleblower case for $95 million
A Kuwaiti contractor that supplied food for US military forces in Iraq, Iran and Jordan will pay $95 million to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit under the False Claims Act and plead guilty to misdemeanor...
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May 17, 2017
John Oliver calls out for-profit dialysis companies for valuing profits over people
Leave it to comedian John Oliver to examine what DaVita CEO Kent Thiry could have meant when he said if he ran Taco Bell franchises instead of a dialysis provider, he’d “be doing all the same stuff.”...
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April 27, 2017
New York tax whistleblower case recovers record $40 million for state
A New York False Claims Act whistleblower case involving alleged tax fraud by a hedge fund settled for $40 million, the largest such case in state history.
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