Category: Qui Tam

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblowers Are Effective Enforcement Tools Record Awards False Claims Act Cases Take A long Time A whistleblower is someone who shares credible information about financial fraud, criminal activity, unsafe working conditions, false claims for payment, false certifications, or other improper conduct with a government agency.  Whistleblower cases are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Blowing The Whistle On Fraud Against California How A California Whistleblower Case Works Protections Against Retaliation Individuals who blow the whistle on fraud against the State of California are eligible for a reward if the State recovers money from the company committing the fraud. Cal. Gov’t Code § […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER At Issue: Legal Standard Of “False” Lower Courts Divided On Issue Despite Uncertainties, False Claims Act Cases Increase Individuals with knowledge of fraud against the government are entitled by law to bring cases (known as qui tams) on behalf of the government against corporations defrauding the government.  These […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Other States Expanding False Claims Statutes  Recoveries For State Tax Fraud Can Be Large Assisting Enforcement Of Tax Laws Earlier this year, the District of Columbia became the latest State to expand its False Claims Act to include tax-related claims. Such tax-related claims include false tax returns that […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cracking Down On Nursing Home Fraud And Abuse In California Creation Of Operation SAFE (Stop Abuse and Fraud of Elders) Inspection Program To Target Fraud And Elder Abuse California State Attorney General Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, before leaving […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Department of Justice Announces Fiscal Year 2020 Recoveries Close to 90% of Recoveries Come From Individual Whistleblower Cases Whistleblowers Filed 672 Qui Tam Suits In 2020 The Department of Justice (DOJ) obtained more than $2.2 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations of False Marketing Tactics Unapproved Systems For Pediatric Care Case Brought By Employees False claims for reimbursement under government-sponsored health care programs may violate both federal law (when the claims are submitted to Medicare and other federal programs) and State law (when the claims are submitted to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations of Six-Year Fraud Against Medicare And Other Government Programs Whistleblower Alleged Illegal Inducements And Unnecessary Inpatient Admissions Former Patient Advocate Blew The Whistle The federal Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b, prohibits offering, soliciting, or receiving any remuneration to induce referrals for medical services or procedures, including […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Fraudulent Postal Service Contracts By Former Employees of Airline Allegations of False Delivery Scans Employees Hid Actual Data From Government Federal government contracts are almost always subject to very specific requirements and regulations. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) contracts out domestic and international delivery services and those […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Leaking Non-Public Information And Insider Trading  Special Access Employees May Not Disclose Non-Public Information CFTC Targets Unauthorized Disclosures As Fraud The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) polices the options and commodities markets in the U.S.   The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), Pub. L. […]