ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER In the first-ever action against a company for stifling the whistleblower process, the Securities and Exchange Commission reached a settlement with Houston-based engineering and construction company KBR...
Category: Whistleblower
What Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) v. Stiefel Laboratories Tells Us About SEC Jurisdiction Over Private Entities
April 2, 2015
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The recent Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) v. Stiefel case shows that private entities are subject to Securities & Exchange Commission enforcement, say California securities fraud lawyers....
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Supreme Court’s March 2014 decision in Lawson v. FMR LLC serves as a reminder that the SEC does exercise enforcement jurisdiction over private entities, say San Francisco securities fraud...
Healthcare-Related Qui Tam Cases Recently Unsealed
March 25, 2015
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nineteen healthcare-related qui tam (false claims) cases were unsealed at the end of 2014. These cases were from federal district courts in 13 different states. Unsealed filings show that the government...
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The definition of a public disclosure, and how it affects qui tam/false claims cases, was recently further clarified by a Sixth Circuit court decision. The False Claims Act allows whistleblowers to bring a...