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The online news website Truth in Media just finished a series of reports on Big Pharma. It’s a fascinating look at how the pharmaceutical industry has manipulated the system to increase sales and profits. Part 4 of the series highlights the case of Endo...

James Hoyer partner Jesse Hoyer interviewed by ABC Action News James Hoyer partner Jesse Hoyer is an expert on for-profit college whistleblower cases having handled several over the past several years, including False Claims Act cases against EDMC, Corinthian...

Prime Healthcare Whistleblower Karin Berntsen The federal government is joining the whistleblower case of James Hoyer client Karin Berntsen against Prime Healthcare Services, its founder Dr. Prem Reddy, and more than a dozen of its hospitals.  Prime is a fast growing...

The Department of Justice filed criminal charges in a military education whistleblower case first exposed by whistleblower and James Hoyer client Adam Boyce. Boyce came forward to the government after concerns that Army National Guard members were being subjected to a...

Dr. Judith Robinson The James Hoyer whistleblower case against HealthNet and IU Health, the largest health system in Indiana, will move forward.  The suit, brought by Dr. Judith Robinson, an ob/gyn and former director at both entities, alleges HealthNet and IU Health...

The federal government recovered $2.4 billion from healthcare fraud judgments in 2015, according to the Department of Justice.  A portion of the money recovered came as the result of work by the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control program, which coordinates federal,...

James Hoyer paralegal Jan Brown and attorneys Jesse Hoyer and Sean Estes at the event It was a great day to support pro bono work in Hillsborough County Saturday at the Hillsborough County Bar Association’s 5K Pro Bono River Run and Judicial Pig Roast. James Hoyer Law...

The  largest distributor of endoscopes and related equipment in the United States, Olympus Corporation, will pay $623.2 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to a scheme to pay kickbacks to doctors and hospitals, the Department of Justice...

The IRS Whistleblower Program’s annual report to Congress for FY 2015 shows the IRS paid more than $103 million to whistleblowers in FY 2015. That is a big increase, nearly doubling the amount in awards granted in FY 2014, which was $52 million. The IRS Whistleblower...

Pfizer has agreed to pay $784.6 million to settle claims that it overcharged Medicaid for its heartburn medicine Protonix. The agreement marks one of the biggest settlements to date from drugmakers facing similar allegations, according to FiercePharma. In the case, in...