Whistleblower Law Insights

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...

Five more banks and mortgage companies have agreed to pay the federal government a total of $116.7 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that alleged the banks illegally charged veterans hidden fees...

In the past year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) received over 3,000 whistleblower tips, according to the SEC’s 2012 “Annual Report on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program” released...

Despite the draw of large whistleblower rewards distributed by the government recently, like the $104 million awarded to Brad Birkenfeld for exposing secrets about Swiss banking to the IRS, a recent New...