ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Astonishingly, even before completing discovery, or trial, one of two federal fraud suits against Omnicare has returned an unprecedented settlement, a staggering $124 million. The two qui tam suits filed...
Category: False Claims
Courts Will Now Look at Employee’s “Reasonable Belief” of a Federal Fraud or Securities Violation Under The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
August 19, 2014
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Courts have lowered the level of proof required by employees who want to report a potential fraud or securities violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley act. The 2nd Circuit recently decided in the case of Nielsen...
Federal Judge Rules Whistleblowers Get Protection Without Reporting to Securities and Exchange Commission
July 11, 2014
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A federal judge recently ruled that whistleblowers do not need to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission in order to be protected from retaliation in the workplace. This ruling is welcome news to...
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The manufacturer of the antifungal medication Mycamine has agreed to pay $7.3 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed in 2010 by Frank Smith in a United States District court. The...
Whistleblowers Helping the Public By Exposing Fraud
April 14, 2014
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was put in place to curb financial fraud. One of the provisions contained in the Dodd-Frank legislation is designed to reward...