ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Former Employee Initiates False Claims Act Action Manufacturer Allegedly Misrepresented Origin Of Products Employee To Receive $124,500 Reward Government contracts for the purchase of goods and services often include strict rules regarding product specifications which contractors are obligated to meet in order to qualify for payment.   One such […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unallowable Time Charged To Government Four Workers Blow Whistle On The Fraudulent Charges  Whistleblowers Share $13.75 Million Reward Under both the federal False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq. and the California False Claims Act, Cal. Gov’t Code §§ 12650 et seq., the federal or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Contractors May Defraud The Government Whistleblowers Rewarded For Blowing Whistle Contractors who defraud the government in connection with federally funded construction projects or other government orders for work projects or goods violate the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq. (FCA). Private citizens who report […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Rewards Blowing The Whistle On Healthcare Fraud Whistleblower Cases Under The False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute Under the False Claims Act (FCA), the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible information of false claims made to government agencies for payments and reimbursements. The fraud may violate […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cisco Settles False Claims Act Case Former Consultant Blew Whistle On The Fraud First FCA Case Involving Cybersecurity Cisco has agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle a first-of-its-kind whistleblower case under the False Claims Act (FCA) involving cybersecurity issues.[1]  A former employee of a Denmark-based consulting group […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Important False Claims Act Case for Sales of Defective Drugs Senator Grassley Questions Why Government Moved to Dismiss Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents the Whistleblowers/Relators in U.S. ex rel. Campie and Campie v. Gilead Sciences, Inc., No. C-11-0941 EMC (N. D. Cal. Mar. 28, 2019), a False Claims […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Fraud of Medicare Kickback Schemes Whistleblower Blows Whistle on Patient Assistance Program Healthcare fraud is the single largest category of fraud against the government, primarily aimed at the government’s Medicare and Medicaid programs. Fraudulent schemes under these government programs include charging for services never rendered, false coding […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Act Cases for Overcharging Government Settles Large Whistleblower Suit Against Compounding Pharmacy Whistleblower Rewarded Healthcare fraud against Medicare, Medicaid, and other government health care programs amounts to billions of dollars every year. Overcharging for drugs and procedures is a major type of this fraud.  Whistleblowers bring […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Large Whistleblower Awards Keep Coming False Claims Act 2017 was a banner year for whistleblower cases under the False Claims Act. The Department of Justice obtained more than $3.7 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in the past […]