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 ...
Tag: False Claims Act
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 ...
Can medical opinions be false claims? Now they can, as two whistleblower cases suggest a shift.
Medicine is a profession with high ethical standards. At the same time, there is much money to be made. Bad ...
The Hill: AG nominee must clarify past comments on False Claims Act whistleblower provisions
While serving as Assistant Attorney General under the first President Bush, William Barr took aim at the whistleblower provisions of ...
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