October 19, 2016
Human blockade by Japanese pharma company shouldn’t stop FDA efforts to ensure safe medications
Pharmaceutical companies defrauding the government by manufacturing adulterated pharmaceuticals have often gone to great lengths to thwart FDA inspections of their sites. But Japanese drug maker Nippon...
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October 13, 2016
Customs fraud whistleblower cases receive a boost from appeals court
A federal appeals court last week issued a ruling that will make it easier for whistleblowers to hold companies accountable for violations of customs laws. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that...
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October 06, 2016
Tenet hospital chain to pay $513 million for kickback scheme
Tenet Healthcare’s recent settlement was the latest of several instances in which it has paid millions to settle a lawsuit for defrauding government healthcare programs. The Dallas-based hospital chain...
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October 03, 2016
HHS’s anti-arbitration in nursing homes rule is a win for elderly patients
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued a rule that will go a long way toward holding long-term care facilities accountable for substandard care of vulnerable patients. The new...
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September 30, 2016
The False Claims Act: It’s about more than just money
The value of the False Claims Act is not always measured in dollars and cents. In a filing in federal court last week, the Department of Justice argued that discrimination by persons who receive federal...
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September 23, 2016
CFTC seeks money laundering info from whistleblowers
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is encouraging whistleblowers with information about money laundering to come forward, according to remarks by an agency enforcement official at a conference last...
September 13, 2016
Outcome of AseraCare hospice case could hurt patients and other Medicare fraud cases
A whistleblower group is asking a federal appeals court to reverse a trial court’s decision in a Medicare fraud case involving hospice provider AseraCare that could have troubling implications for future...
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September 13, 2016
Ex-SEC Whistleblower Office chief joins Phillips & Cohen
Sean X. McKessy, who served as chief of the Security and Exchange Commission Office of the Whistleblower for five years, has joined Phillips & Cohen LLP as a partner to represent whistleblowers. McKessy...
August 25, 2016
More states should consider creating reward programs for securities whistleblowers
Despite the rousing success of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower reward program, just two states — Indiana and Utah — have created their own laws to pay whistleblowers...
August 15, 2016
SEC protects whistleblowers’ rights in severance agreements, stops ‘pretaliation’
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took forceful action last week to ensure that companies do not discourage employees from reporting potential violations of securities laws. BlueLinx, a building...