ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The federal government has joined a whistleblower lawsuit against two hospital operators. The hospital operators were accused of fraudulently billing Medicare and Medicaid. The healthcare industry has been...
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ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it will make another payment to the first whistleblower that got a reward. The agency made its first reward payment to a whistleblower in 2012. One...
Whistleblowers Helping the Public By Exposing Fraud
April 14, 2014
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was put in place to curb financial fraud. One of the provisions contained in the Dodd-Frank legislation is designed to reward...
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A whistleblower who filed suit against JP Morgan will receive $63.9 million in reward money. JP Morgan agreed to settle the allegations by paying $614 million to the government. The lawsuit alleged...
Federal Whistleblower Complaints Can Be Filed Online
March 10, 2014
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration oversees certain whistleblower programs. There are twenty two whistleblower statutes covered by the Occupational Safety...