Whistleblower Law Insights

Long-time whistleblower champion Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) took to the Senate floor this week to talk about the False Claims Act and the important role that whistleblowers play to stop fraud. He reminds...

Last week, in Schroeder v. United States, the Ninth Circuit joined several other courts in holding that a False Claims Act whistleblower must be dismissed from a suit if he or she is convicted of criminal...

Earlier this month, a panel of three judges in the Fourth Circuit handed down the latest chapter in United States ex rel. Drakeford v. Tuomey Healthcare Sys., Inc., a False Claims Act case based on Stark...

The guiding philosophy of a number of banks in the foreign currency exchange markets seems to have been, “If you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying,” as one Barclays executive wrote in a...

In the New York Times article, “The Medical Bill Mystery,” reporter Elisabeth Rosenthal overlooked one important point about the lack of information in medical bills: It enables unscrupulous healthcare...

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White gave an important speech about whistleblowers last week, saying the SEC whistleblower program has “proven to be a game changer.” The SEC whistleblower...

Citizens Medical Center’s $21.75 million settlement with the government this week provides further evidence that the government’s stepped-up enforcement of the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute...

The Securities and Exchange Commission received a record number of tips under its whistleblower-reward program in fiscal year 2014, with more than 3,600 tips from all 50 states, Washington, DC and Puerto...

The Department of Justice recovered a record-breaking $5.69 billion under the False Claims Act for the fiscal year 2014, says a DOJ statement released Thursday. Qui tam (whistleblower) lawsuits accounted...

John Schilling, a whistleblower whose “qui tam” case exposed an extensive Medicare fraud accounting scheme by hospital giant HCA, held a press conference this week to explain his opposition to the...