Whistleblower Law Insights

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...

The buyer of Bayonne Medical Center will pay $2.5 million to settle allegations of Medicare fraud, the U.S. Dept. of Justice announced on February 4, 2008 The hospital is currently in bankruptcy and its...

The federal government has intervened in two whistleblower lawsuits alleging Medicare fraud against three New Jersey hospitals, according to an AP story published January 25, 2008 in Forbes. The hospitals...

Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff (B/PB) and design consultants will pay the United States and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a total of $458 million to settle allegations of “gross failures”...