DeVos Pick Puts Veterans and Whistleblowers at Risk at For-Profit Colleges
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has appointed Julian Schmoke, to head the agency’s Student Aid Enforcement Unit, the unit tasked ...
Tag: False Claims/Qui Tam
Holding Bonding Companies Liable when a Construction Firm Falsifies its Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Status
Last month a U.S. District Court extended federal False Claims Act liability to bonding companies who have reason to know that ...
Trump’s Nominee for Attorney General Voices Support for Major Anti-Fraud Program
Senator Sessions: “It's not acceptable to retaliate against a whistleblower.” Washington, D.C. January 12, 2017. The U.S. Department of Justice ...
End-of-Year Round Up: The Top 10 Blog Posts of 2016
The Whistleblower Protection Blog’s most popular posts of 2016 covered a wide range of topics including Supreme Court case coverage, ...
Over 60% of False Claims Act Recoveries Brought in by Whistleblowers in 2016!
December 15, 2016. On Wednesday, December 14th, The U.S. Justice Department announced that it recovered over $4.7 billion from False ...
Today is the 30th Anniversary of the 1986 FCA Qui Tam Amendments
Washington, D.C. October 27, 2016. Today marks the 30th Anniversary of the 1986 amendments to the federal False Claims Act ...
Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus Designates National Whistleblower Appreciation Day: July 30, 2016
Washington, D.C. June 30, 2016. The bipartisan Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus cosponsored a resolution on Thursday designating July 30, 2016 ...
Justice Department’s First Public Statement on Supreme Court’s Unanimous Escobar Decision Slams Toyobo’s “Half-Truths” in Pending False Claims Act Whistleblower Suit
Washington, D.C. June 22, 2016 – Today, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a Notice of Supplemental Authority in a ...
Big Win for Whistleblowers at Supreme Court
Supreme Court Unanimously Supports Whistleblower under False Claims Act Washington, D.C. June 16, 2016. In a unanimous ruling issued today, the ...
Whistleblowers Receive Rewards in False Claims Act Settlements
The Department of Justice announced settlements in the listed False Claims Act lawsuits, January through May 2016. The Act permits ...
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