Whistleblower Law Insights

For the third time in five years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has blocked imports of medicine from a Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. plant in India for manufacturing violations. The latest ban involves...

A “qui tam” lawsuit against the Vanderbilt University Medical Center that was unsealed last week contained a particularly disturbing allegation: It cited an incident where an unsupervised student nurse...

Given the growing number of pharma companies in China under investigation for bribery and corruption, it’s becoming more a question of who isn’t being investigated, rather than who is. Pharma companies...

After getting slapped by the U.S. in 2012 for its marketing practices, GlaxoSmithKline now is getting pummeled by China, the UK, and the U.S. which are investigating Glaxo for its pharma marketing practices...

A recent independent report on British bank Barclays corporate culture, known as the Salz Review, addresses the impact some employees’ conduct has had on the bank’s reputation. It does not, however,...

A new report issued by the Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund highlights the substantial benefits states realize from adopting false claims laws. Fighting Medicaid Fraud in Texas, authored by economists...

The U.S. Dept. of Justice and more than a dozen states have filed suit against Standard & Poor’s, alleging that the firm’s inflation of mortgage investments cost investors billions when...

The whistleblower programs at the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are working “incredibly well,” according to Phillips and Cohen partner Erika Kelton....

Several banks that recently settled cases for mortgage abuses will be able to deduct those settlement payments as “business expenses,” making those settlements less painful for the banks than they...

The government recovered a record-breaking $5 billion in FY 2012 under the False Claims Acts, a top Justice Department official announced today. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart Delery...