Category: Qui Tam

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Securities and Exchange Commission Whistleblower program is nearly two years old.  Key features of the whistleblower program are confidentiality, legal protection, and a reward system for whistleblowers. Whistleblower and securities attorneys think that the whistleblower program is off to a good start. A former Internal Revenue Service […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Many corporations have yet to realize that whistleblower retaliation is illegal.  Cases where whistleblowers have helped the government recoup money that was gotten as a result of fraud have been in the news recently.  However, some corporations have yet to understand their legal obligations with respect to whistleblower […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that three whistleblowers have been rewarded with more than $25,000 for information they provided that assisted the Securities and Exchange Commission in stopping a fraudulent hedge fund.  The payment is the first installment of payments anticipated to go to the whistleblowers.  When […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A former employee of Tremco Roofing spent more than twenty years working for the company, but resigned in 2009 because he believed that the company was acting in an unethical manner.  After his allegations regarding the conduct of the company went unaddressed internally, he resigned and reported his […]

A crucial question about whistleblower protections is whether or not complaints must be lodged with the Securities and Exchange Commission to qualify.  Large corporations think that complaints should be required to be submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission in order for whistleblowers to be protected. In the past, large […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER In the past two years there have been two whistleblower awards made by federal securities regulators.  Officials say that more awards are on the way and that whistleblowers should be patient when waiting.  California whistleblower attorneys remind the public that whistleblowers are an important component in the fight […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER As chief financial officer for a large hospital operator, Ralph Williams was tasked with monitoring contracts and bill pay between his employer, Healthy Management Associates (HMA) and its partners. After discovering inconsistences in the contracts and payments, Williams began an investigation of the contracts. Williams discovered HMA; a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblowing employees face unique challenges in building qui tam cases against their employers for violations of the False Claims Act. Challenges such as shielding oneself from workplace retaliation, the perils of internally reporting the violations, making the choice to undertake an internal investigation and risks faced while negotiating […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A large Indian pharmaceutical manufacturer has agreed to settle with the United States and states’ attorneys general in a whistleblower lawsuit.  The pharmaceutical manufacturer was alleged to have falsified data, violated Current Good Manufacturing and Laboratory Practices, and sold substandard and unapproved drugs.  This settlement happened due of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER In November of 2012 congress unanimously approved the passage of the whistleblowers could not protect themselves against associated retaliation by employers because of loopholes by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.  By passing the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, congress acknowledged that bad administrative and court rulings had undermined […]