Smart Home Tech Company Settles FIRREA Whistleblower Case With DOJ For $3.2 Million
Vivint Smart Home Inc. (Vivint), a company that makes and installs smart home technology such as security systems and smart ...
Tag: False Claims Act
Candidates for Attorney General and Their Records on Whistleblowing
1/6/20 2:05 EST Update: President-elect Biden has decided to select Judge Merrick Garland for the position of Attorney General, according ...
International Anti-Corruption Organization Releases Report Praising U.S. Whistleblower Programs
The Working Group on Bribery of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD Working Group) has released its Phase ...
West Virginia Hospital Settles False Claims Act Allegations of Kickback Scheme For $50 Million
A hospital in Wheeling, West Virginia, will pay $50 million to settle claims that they violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and ...
Experts Explain How Whistleblowers Can Help Defeat International Wildlife Trafficking And Exploitation
On September 8, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) held a webinar on the importance of protecting whistleblowers who report wildlife ...
Piedmont Healthcare to Pay $16 Million to Settle False Claims Act Violations
Piedmont Healthcare Inc., a hospital system based in Atlanta, will pay $16 million to settle allegations of False Claims Act ...
Court Issues $69.6 Million Judgement in Qui Tam False Claims Act Whistleblower Case
On April 30, 2020 U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt issued a $69.6 million judgment against the defendants in ...
Crucial Decision in Case Related to Costs in False Claims Act Case Expected from D.C. Circuit
False Claims Act litigants are anticipating a decision from the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in a case ...
Can courts proceed with a whistleblower suit after the DOJ seeks dismissal?
Bloomberg Law reports on an upcoming legal battle over the denial of Department of Justice request to dismiss a qui ...
Grassley: Why is the Justice Department seeking dismissal of whistleblower lawsuits?
Sen. Chuck Grassley believes the Department of Justice has moved to dismiss false claims cases without considering the merits or ...
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