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Category: Whistleblower

Nov 22, 2019 - Evans Law Firm by |

California and San Francisco Whistleblower Attorney: Illegal Physician Referrals and Medicare Fraud

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Medicare Fraud From Illegal Referrals, Kickbacks, and False Charges Stark Law and False Claims Act Suit Whistleblower/qui tam cases brought under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) often involve false claims for reimbursement under Medicare and Medicaid. In addition to the FCA, the federal Stark Law prohibits physician […]

Nov 20, 2019 - Evans Law Firm by |

California and San Francisco Whistleblower Attorney: California Insurance Fraud Prevention Act

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California Insurance Fraud Whistleblower Cases Whistleblowers Rewarded The California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act (“CIFPA”) allows members of the public to file private whistleblower/qui tam suits against anyone who commits insurance fraud in the State of California.  Cal. Ins. Code § 1871.7.  There have been several large whistleblower settlements […]

Oct 25, 2019 - Evans Law Firm by |

California and San Francisco Whistleblower Attorney: Whistleblowers and False Claims Act Cases in the Appellate Court

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Appellate Win for False Claims Whistleblower Whistleblowers won a recent victory in the Ninth Circuit, where the Court reinstated a false claims whistleblower case alleging false claims under Medicare. See US ex rel. Geraldine Godecke v. Kinetic Concepts, Inc., et al, No. 18-55246 (9th Cir. Sept. 6, 2019).[1] […]

California and San Francisco Whistleblower Attorneys: CFTC Whistleblower Awards

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Wants Whistleblower Help Commission Issues Alert on Bank Secrecy Act Violations The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) actively seeks whistleblower help in overseeing commodities and futures trading and in enforcing anti-money laundering laws. The CFTC rewards whistleblowers whose information that leads to prosecution […]

Oct 15, 2019 - Evans Law Firm by |

California and San Francisco Whistleblower Attorney: Whistleblowers and False Claims Act Cases

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblower Discovery in Pending Cases Recent Opinion Defines What Whistleblower Can See Important Decision for Whistleblower A recent federal district court opinion makes clear that a whistleblower who brings a false claims action against a defendant may be able to discover what that defendant shares with the government […]

Oct 14, 2019 - Evans Law Firm by |

California and San Francisco Whistleblower and Tax Fraud Attorneys: IRS Takes on Microcaptive Insurance Tax Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Microcaptive Insurance Tax Abusers Corporations Use Small Captive Insurance Companies To Avoid Tax The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has begun sending letters to up to 200 companies, offering to settle open investigations of abusive insurance transactions with the companies’ own small, insurance subsidiaries (known as “microcaptives”). These companies […]

California Whistleblower/Qui Tam Attorney: Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Extend Protections For Whistleblowers

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER New Senate Bill to Extend Whistleblower Protections Whistleblower Protections for Securities and Commodities Law Violations  This past week, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), and Dick Durbin (D-III) introduced the Whistleblower Programs Improvement Act (WPIA) that would extend […]

Sep 27, 2019 - Evans Law Firm by |

California and San Francisco Whistleblower Attorneys: FIRREA and False Claims Whistleblower Cases

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblowers May Uncover Violations of Numerous Laws Court of Appeals Upholds Large Verdict Under Federal Banking Law and False Claims Act The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (“FIRREA”) and the Federal Claims Act (“FCA”) both offer rewards to whistleblowers with original information about certain […]

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