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The New Whistleblower Playing Field

July 7th, 2011

Final rules regarding the whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act have been released by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The rules are effective as of August 12, 2011 and will apply retroactively to whistleblower tips made since Ju… Read More

America's Revolutionary War: History of First Whistleblower-Protection Law

June 30th, 2011

Forty years to the day that the New York Times began publication of the Pentagon Papers, Mr. Stephen M. Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistleblowers Center, writes an enlightening article in the Times about our founding fathers and their a… Read More

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

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

Criminal Charges Sought Against Glaxo Lawyer

November 16th, 2010

Former Glaxo Attorney, Lauren Stevens, has been charged with falsifying documents to influence a federal agency, obstructing an official proceeding, and making false statements to the FDA, according to an indictment issued by the United States Justic… Read More

GlaxoSmithKline Settles Case for $750M; Whistleblower Receives over $90M

October 27th, 2010

GlaxoSmithKline, a British pharmaceutical company, will pay $750 million to settle a case that alleged it sold and manufactured contaminated drugs. The Company will pay $150 million in criminal fines and $600 million in civil penalties. These fines a… Read More

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