Whistleblower Law Insights

Yale-New Haven Hospital has agreed to pay $3.8 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. In a March 7, 2008 press release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said that the conduct...

A whistleblower lawsuit accuses Northrop Grumman’s Melbourne division of defrauding the federal government’s Joint STARS radar aircraft program. The suit alleges that through inflated labor...

The Dallas Independent School District has agreed to pay $316,000 to settle allegations that it misused federal grant money. The district received grant money from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...

The federal government has decided to join a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that Tuomey regional hospital of Sumter, South Carolina, submitted false health care claims to Medicare and Medicaid. The surgeon...

The Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on February 27 on proposed amendments to the False Claims Act. According to a report in the February 28, 2008 New York Times, both Democratic and Republican...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a federal whistleblower lawsuit on Feburary 26. The case, Allison Engine Co. Inc. v. United States, centers on the question of whether the False Claims Act...

HB 69, a bill to create a State Government Integrity Act, has been introduced in Louisiana. The state already has a Medical Assistance Programs Integrity Law, which allows qui tam suits by private citizens...

A whistleblower lawsuit accuses W.W. Grainger Inc., an international distributor of maintenance products and hand tools, of repeatedly overcharging the U.S. government. Details of the suit were set out...

Merck and Co. has agreed to pay more than $650 million to settle claims that it overcharged Medicaid programs for four drugs, including Vioxx and Zocor, and to resolve allegations of improper marketing...

Sioux Manufacturing of Fort Totten, North Dakota, will pay $2 million to settle a suit alleging that the helmets it supplied to the military were inadequate. The suit, originally brought under the whistleblower...