ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblower Prevails Against Corporation Many California whistleblower/qui tam cases are brought under the False Claims Act when the whistleblower (also known as a “relator”) has information of false claims being made for government payments or reimbursements. In order to dissuade whistleblowers from bringing such enforcement actions, corporations often […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Protects Whistleblowers from Retaliation Whistleblowers Gets Job Back In a strong statement of encouragement to whistleblowers the government recently ordered the reinstatement of a bank whistleblower who blew the lid on the bank’s unlawful practices. In a complex national case against one of the country’s largest banks, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Lawsuit Spotlights Medicare/Medi-Cal Overbilling False Claims A false claims lawsuit against a nursing home alleging overbilling of Medicare and Medi-Cal recently settled for $54 million. The large false claims case was a whistleblower suit, also known as a qui tam. According to reports of the settlement, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Department of Justice Watching Medicare Advantage Program How Whistleblowers Help The Department of Justice (DOJ) is taking a close look at government reimbursement of private insurers under Medicare’s Medicare Advantage Program. Medicare Advantage is a private insurer alternative to Parts A and B of the Medicare program for […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Worldwide Whistleblowing A former automotive engineer and employee of South Korean auto manufacturer Hyundai believed his former employer was hiding a dangerous product defect in its cars. He supposedly presented documentary evidence to both the South Korean and United States governments to substantiate his allegations. The whistleblower alleged […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Hospital Settles $34 Million Whistleblower Case Whistleblower Reveals False Claims Qui tam (or whistleblower) lawsuits are typically large, complicated cases. In a recent case, a whistleblower alleged large scale violations of the federal False Claims Act (FCA) by a hospital and its affiliated clinic. The FCA allows private […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Hospice Chain Settles $12.2 Million Whistleblower Case Whistleblower Reveals Massive Kickback Scheme A large hospice chain recently settled a whistleblower (also known as a “qui tam”) case alleging large scale violations of the False Claims Act (FCA). The FCA allows private citizens to initiate whistleblower or qui tam […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Iraq War False Claims Act Case Huge Whistleblower Settlement A food purveyor to American troops in the Iraq War recently settled a massive criminal and civil false claim whistleblower (also known as “qui tam”) case against it. During the war, the purveyor held over $8.5 billion in contracts […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Health Care Fraud At Its Ugliest Sometimes stories of fraud just stop you in your tracks. This is one such case. Recently, state authorities rescued 60 residents of a nursing home after their food ran out and trash piled up. Food and services bills hadn’t been paid. Resident […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Attachments Help Secure Whistleblower Awards Potential Millions in Whistleblower Award The HDL Labs/BlueWave Medicare fraud scam is the biggest clinical lab fraud scam yet in the health care industry. A whistleblower (or “qui tam”) lawsuit brought several years ago by a private individual exposed the fraud. The […]