ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A $125 Million Settlement Put Skilled Nursing Facilities on Notice A Qui Tam Lawsuit against the Kindred/RehabCare Nursing home company has just settled for $125 million, according to the law firm that handled the case. The claims, levied under the False Claims Act, were that nursing homes owned […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Endo Pharmceuticals and seven of its subsidiaries will pay $39 million to settle a whistleblower qui tam lawsuit alleging that the company manufactured and sold fluoride multivitamins containing less than half the labeled dosage. Fluoride is important to the dental health of children. Generally, we could find fluoride […]

What Protections are guaranteed to Whistleblowers? A whistleblower is an employee who reports fraud executed by his or her company to the federal authorities or the authorities in California. To constitute a qui tam case, the company has to misappropriate the funds received by the government and the whistleblower has […]

Protecting Whistleblowers It’s one of the most important protections of our society that those who expose corruption and wrongdoing are shielded from retribution. It is also sadly under the most attack. Far too often after we have benefited from having fraud, lies, or misdeeds exposed, we turn our back on […]

Qui tam Cases Recoup $3.5 Billion in 2015 2015 has been a good year for whistleblowers: as we reported elsewhere, whistleblowers get to keep a larger percentage of their reward, and the total amount recouped by the Department of Justice was the 4th largest of all time. Under the False […]

Hospital in California Allegedly Involved in a Healthcare Fraud Including Kickbacks, Justice Claims $600 Million in Return ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER In California, the Pacific Hospital is involved in a healthcare fraud case with an alleged $600 million in falsified billing in an eight-year period. The scheme was allegedly created by the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The IRS Whistleblower Reward Increased in Fiscal 2016 The IRS announced that rewards paid to whistleblowers from October 1st, 2015 to September 30, 2016 will have a 6.8 percent deduction. There is a similar deduction from the award every year, typically taken to pay outstanding government debts, and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER On Tuesday, November 10th, eight people have been charged by the FBI for abusing California’s workers insurance compensation system. They are medical providers accused of receiving bribes and kickbacks in exchange for providing treatments to injured workers even though it was not necessary. This insurance fraud abuses the […]

A False Claims Act Settlement Between Millennium Health and DOJ Millennium Health, also known under the name of Millennium Laboratories, has chosen to settle with the Department of Justice for $256 million to resolve the allegations under the False Claims Act. These laboratories carry out urine drug testing and pharmacogenetics […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California IRS Whistleblower Lawyer Explains Qui Tam Lawsuits The Supreme Court seized by private companies contracting with the Federal Government to enforce standards for initiate a Qui Tam Lawsuit. The False Claims Act promoting Qui Tam Lawsuits against private companies contracting with the Federal Government. Qui Tam is […]