Whistleblower Law Insights

SouthernCare, a hospice company based in Birmingham, Alabama, has agreed to pay $24.7 million dollars to settle a False Claims Act suit brought by two nurses formerly employed by SouthernCare. The U.S....

According to the scotusblog the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether a qui tam plaintiff in a False Claims Act suit must file a notice of appeal within 30 days or whether the 60 day limit that applies...

Seven hospitals in New York state allegedly defrauded Medicaid of $50 million in connection with drug treatment programs. Both the New York State Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in...

Teva Pharmaceuticals and its subsidiary, Ivax Pharmaceuticals, paid $7 million to the Massachusetts Medicaid program to settle a False Claims Act case. Teva and Ivax are among 13 drug makers sued in 2003...

Leo Burnett, a Chicago advertising firm, has agreed to pay the United States $15.5 million to settle a False Claims Act whistleblower suit. The settlement resolves allegations that Leo Burnett improperly...

Yale University has agreed to pay $7.6 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and common law by mismanaging federally-funded research grants. The grant awards were made by...

HMS Diagnostics has paid over $550,000 to settle allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Houston. The government...

New York Governor David Paterson and State Medicaid Inspector General James Sheehan announced that the state recovered $551 million in funds lost to Medicaid fraud and abuse. The federal government requires...

KPMG LLP, an audit, tax and advisory firm, has released a survey that suggests that ethics in companies and organizations may be trumped by pressures to succeed. 74 percent of the 5,000 U.S. workers surveyed...

L-3 Vertex Aerospace has paid the government $4 million to resolve allegations that the company overcharged the government on an Iraq war contract. The False Claims Act suit, which was originally filed...