Whistleblower Law Insights

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller is encouraging those with knowledge of fraud in the health care and pharmaceutical industries to come forward and act as whistleblowers, by reminding workers in those...

New York Governor David Paterson signed into law today a bill that amends the New York False Claims Act, strengthening the act so as to be “at least as effective as the federal Act.” In addition to...

Student lender Netlet said today that it has agreed to pay a $55 million settlement, resulting from a whistleblower case that was set to begin trial on Tuesday, but was delayed by the judge so as to facilitate...

The Illinois False Claims Act has been strengthened by a bill passed today that will provide increased protection and reward for whistleblowers, as well improve the State’s ability to recover the high...

EMC Corp., a maker of data storage machines, has agreed to pay the federal government $87.5 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-kickback Act. The suit alleged...

The U.S. Dept. of Justice announced that pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca will pay $520 million to settle allegations of off-label marketing. Charges that the company illegally marketed the anti-psychotic...

The Inspector General for the Dept. of Health and Human Services has created a page on its website that collects information about state Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCUs). State MFCUs investigate and...

The Washington Post reports that Scott J. Bloch, the Bush-era director of a federal office in charge of protecting government whistleblowers from unfair treatment, will plead guilty to withholding information...

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced that the state’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) recovered more that $283 million in 2009. The unit also obtained 148 criminal convictions related...

Governor Martin O’Malley has signed the Maryland False Health Claims Act, introduced as Senate Bill 279. The Governor’s press release says that the new legislation will allow Maryland to recover...