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Japan Amends Whistleblower Protection Act
This summer, Japan passed amendments to its Whistleblower Protection Act to broaden the scope of whistleblower protections and ensure proper whistleblower systems within businesses. However, the amendments fail to address retaliation concerns and do not institute a whistleblower rewards program....
Longwood Management Corporation And Twenty-Seven Nursing Facilities To Pay $16.7 Million To Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Violations
On July 13, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the settlement of a False Claims Act lawsuit against Longwood Management Corporation (Longwood). Longwood, which manages 27 nursing and rehabilitation facilities in California, agreed to pay $16.7 million to resolve allegations...
Massachusetts Launches COVID-19 Non-Compliance Whistleblower Website
Massachusetts joined the ranks of states with a dedicated website for citizens to report non-compliance with the state’s COVID-19 regulations. Individuals can conveniently and anonymously file a complaint with the state when they witness non-compliance in their workplace. Massachusetts joins...
Representative Wild Becomes 85th Congressperson to Cosponsor Wildlife Crime Whistleblower Bill
On July 16, Representative Susan Wild (D-PA) became the 85th Congressional cosponsor of the Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2019 (H.R.864). The bill, which broadly supports wildlife conservation and addresses wildlife trafficking, includes requirements for federal agencies to implement...
DOJ Claims Teva Pharmaceuticals Paid Illegal Kickbacks, Artificially Inflated Price Of Drugs
The U.S. government filed a False Claims Act case against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and Teva Neuroscience Inc. (Teva), claiming that the company illegally financed copays through supposedly independent foundations to artificially inflate the cost of one of their drugs...
World Bank Omits Whistleblower Provisions and Protections in COVID-19 Anti-Corruption Efforts
On April 28, the World Bank published a report on anti-corruption measures during the coronavirus pandemic. The report lists a variety of places fraud could occur in relation to COVID-19: in “response to the health emergency,” “response to food and...
Whistleblower Wins $57 Million Settlement Against Largest Not-For-Profit Health Care Agency in the Country
On June 25, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) agreed to pay $57 million to the government to settle a whistleblower lawsuit. Whistleblower Edward Lacey claimed that the not-for-profit nursing service defrauded the Medicaid and Medicare programs out...
Whistleblowers To Receive $1.48 Million Reward For Exposing Tariff Evasion
Two whistleblowers will split a $1.48 million reward for their help uncovering fraud and false claims at CWD Holdings LLC, an aftermarket car and truck parts company based out of California. The whistleblowers, Jeffrey Hawk and Steven Hughes, filed separate...
Department of Labor Report Finds OSHA Must Improve Handling of Whistleblower Complaints
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) must improve its handling of whistleblower complaints during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to a newly published report by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Inspector General (OIG). The report details how the...
VOS Capital to Pay CFTC over $3.5 Million for Unlawful Operation of a Commodity Pool
On June 23, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a final order resolving their charges against Dominick Vincent Carducci and his company VOS Capital Management, LLC (VOS Capital). The CFTC charged Carducci and VOS Capital with fraud and...
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