ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER For the fiscal year 2013, the United States Justice Department procured 3.8 billion in settlements and judgments combined for False Claims Act cases. Civil cases are counted in that tally, not criminal...
Category: False Claims
ATTORNEY NEWLETTER Earlier this year, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the largest whistleblower reward offered so far. The Office of the Whistleblower, a new part of the Securities and Exchange Commission,...
Sutter Health Settles Whistleblower Case for $46 Million
November 22, 2013
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Sutter Health recently announced that it intends to pay $46 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged that Sutter Health engaged in double billing practices with regard to anesthesia...
Insurance Fraud and False Claims in California
November 18, 2013
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Insurance Code section 1871.7 provides a private right of action to sue perpetrators of insurance fraud on behalf of the State of California. Although modeled on federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§...
Whistleblowers Programs Could Help Regain Funds From Tax Dodgers
November 11, 2013
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER According to statistics from the California Franchise Tax Board, the state is owed approximately 6.5 billion dollars in unpaid taxes. Some contend that a partial solution to the problem would be to...