Whistleblower Law Insights

Victory Memorial Hospital has agreed to pay at least $2.3 million to resolve allegations brought in a whistleblower suit that it defrauded the Medicare program. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the...

The United States has intervened in a whistleblower suit filed against EMC Corp. The suit alleges that EMC Corp. gave kickbacks to federal IT consultants and overcharged government agencies for hardware,...

Joseph P. Galichia, M.D. and his practice group have agreed to pay the United States $1.3 million to settle claims that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare, the Justice...

The Dept. of Justice announced on March 6 that it has intervened in a whistleblower suit against Community Health Systems Inc. (CHS) and three of its hospitals in New Mexico. The suit alleges that CHS...

Cornerstone Hospital of Huntington, WV, will pay $690,000 to settle a whistleblower suit brought under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act, according to a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney’s...

A new report from the U.S. General Accountability Office concludes that whistleblowers who report illegal activities are not adequately protected from retaliation by their employers. The report, Whistleblower...

The U.S. Dept. of Justice has joined a whistleblower lawsuit alleging violations of the False Claims Act by Forest Laboratories. The suit, which originated in complaints filed by two private citizens under...

The U.S. Dept. of Justice announced that it has joined two whistleblower suits against drug manufacturer Scios Inc. and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson Inc. The suits, brought under the qui tam...

APL Limited, a global shipping company, has agreed to pay $26.3 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the United States in connection with contracts to ship cargo to support...

Liberty Medical, a mail-order supplier of diabetes equipment based in Florida, is the subject of a qui tam suit filed under the False Claims Act, according to a report in the Palm Beach Post. Medco Health...