Whistleblower Law Insights

Amendments to the False Claims Act were the subject of hearings by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. Among the witnesses at the June 19 hearings on HR 4854 were qui tam attorneys...

The Washington Post says that experts are concerned about the growing problem of health care fraud, which is estimated to cost taxpayers over $60 billion each year. The article notes that Medicare automatically...

The Justice Department is suing Honeywell International Inc. for knowingly selling defective material for use in bulletproof vests. The suit claims that Honeywell knew that the ballistic material called...

Home Hospice of North Texas will pay the U.S. a total of $500,000 to resolve civil False Claims Act allegations. The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas had alleged that the company and its...

Walgreen Co. has agreed to pay $35 million to settle claims that it improperly switched patients to different versions of the prescription drugs Ranitidine, Fluoxetine and Eldepryl in order to increase...

The Government Accountability Project and American University Washington College of Law are sponsoring a conference on whistleblower rights. The Emerging Era in Whistleblower Rights and the Public’s...

In a unanimous opinion by Justice Samuel Alioto, the U.S. Supreme Court Court raised the government’s burden of proof in subcontractor fraud suits under the False Claims Act. In Allison Engine v. U.S....

Hartford Hospital will reimburse the Medicare program $788,960 to settle allegations that it overcharged the government for certain cancer treatments over a four-year period. The False Claims Act suit...

The U.S. Dept. of Justice announced that it settled a lawsuit alleging a conspiracy to rig bids, fix prices and allocate the market for the transportation of household goods belonging to military and Defense...

Michael A. Rosin, a former dermatologist in Sarasota, Florida, will pay $11 million to resolve allegations of Medicare fraud. The whistleblowers who originated the False Claims Act suit accused Rosin of...