Whistleblower Law Insights

Ajax Paving Industries, Inc. and Dan’s Excavating Inc. have agreed to pay the federal government $11.75 million to resolve Flase Claims Act and administrative claims against them. The government...

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed a “Fraud Against Taxpayers Act” on March 15. The act, whose effective date is July 1, 2007, allows the attorney general to file a civil lawsuit on...

Raritan Bay Medical Center has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal government to allegations filed in three separate federal lawsuits brought by whistleblowers under the federal...

A Federal District Court judge in Chicago has ruled that insurance company Amerigroup Corp. and its affiliate Amerigroup Illinois owe more than $334 million in damages and penalties for discriminating...

A Massachusetts man, whose information led to charges of trading abuses at Putnam Investments, will appear before a state appeals court next week to try to obtain a portion of the settlement Putnam paid....

Colquitt Regional Medical Center (CRMC) of Moultrie, Georgia, has agreed to pay the federal government $475,000 to settle allegations that CRMC overcharged the government for home health services. The...

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held hearings in February where witnesses, including a U.S. associate deputy attorney general, testified that drug makers have been systematically...

A class-action lawsuit brought by FedEx Ground/Home Delivery drivers includes allegations that the company violated the Nevada False Claims Act by making false statements and records in order to conceal,...

The Florida Attorney General’s office announced in a February 23, 2007 press release that Vidya Bhoolai, the owner of two assisted living facilities, was found civilly liable for fraudulently billing...

Maximus, Inc., a Virginia company which did consulting work for the District of Columbia, either “willfully or recklessly” submitted inaccurate Medicaid bills on behalf of the District, according...