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California Joins Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

March 24th, 2011

Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced last week that California has joined a whistleblower lawsuit against Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., which alleges that the pharmaceutical giant bribed medical doctors to prescribe its drugs. This is described to… Read More

Enron Whistleblower Receives $1.1 Million

March 17th, 2011

Almost 2 years before Enron declared bankruptcy and created one of the largest financial meltdowns in history, a whistleblower tipped off the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that the company was using illegal tax shelters to generate income. After nea… Read More

Medicare Fraud Patrol Faces Budget Challenges

March 10th, 2011

On Wednesday, March 9, 2011, congressional hearings revealed that officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have developed plans for an increase in scrutiny for new providers joining these programs, as opposed to going after f… Read More

New Leader of SEC Whistleblower Office Announced

March 3rd, 2011

The SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) Whistleblower Office announced the appointment of a new leader on February 18, 2011. Sean McKessy will head the new whistleblower office in the Division of Enforcement. Administration of whistleblower prov… Read More

Department Of Justice Releases New Statistics About Sealed False Claims And Qui Tam Cases

February 24th, 2011

At the beginning of February, the Department of Justice, in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services, released a number of statistics regarding qui tam cases filed under the False Claims Act. As of January 4, 2011 there were 1,341… Read More

Corporate America Weighs In On SEC Whistleblower Rules

February 17th, 2011

More than two dozen large U.S. companies including Google, Inc. and General Electric Co. have written letters to the Securities and Exchange Commission asking the agency to revise its proposed rules for awarding bounties to workers who report corpora… Read More

Health Care and Government Contractor Fraud Overview

February 10th, 2011

Health Care and Government contractor fraud can potentially bankrupt America’s health care benefit programs and defense funds. These actions only enrich those committing the fraud. The damages can be staggering and the ongoing actions of many p… Read More

Whistleblowers To The Rescue - Again!

February 3rd, 2011

Today (February 3, 2011) The Wall Street Journal reports that the attorneys general in California and Virginia are investigating whether banks overcharged public pension funds by tens of millions of dollars for foreign-exchange transactions. Other st… Read More

IRS Whistleblowers Could Recover More Rewards

January 27th, 2011

The IRS modified its rules last year which seemingly made it even more difficult for whistleblowers to collect rewards on reports of uncollected taxes to the IRS. Whistleblowers and their attorneys have tried, unsuccessfully, for years to ensure that… Read More

History of the False Claims Act

January 20th, 2011

It’s really very simple! When you order ten pounds of ground pepper to be delivered in a container from a supplier, the total combined weight of the container and pepper should be greater than ten pounds. The container weighs something. The tot… Read More

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