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During the fiscal year 2014, the Federal government recovered nearly $6 billion from False Claims Act cases as more than 700 whistleblower lawsuits were filed for the second consecutive year. These statistics plainly show the effectiveness of incentivizing...
Photo Credit: www.justice.gov The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-8 to approve Loretta Lynch as the next United States Attorney General. If confirmed, Lynch will succeed soon-to-be resigned Eric Holder and would become the first African-American female to fill...
Throughout 2014, we posted articles and blog discussions of the nearly $100 million False Claims Act case that the United States is pursuing against disgraced cyclist, Lance Armstrong. While the FCA case presses forward, Armstrong faces legal issues on multiple...
At the outset of every case, we explain and re-explain the concept that a False Claims Act complaint will be filed “under seal.” This is a basic tenant of False Claims Act law, yet is a unique concept to most individuals since most cases are filed in court and are...
On January 13, 2015, the United State Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the matter of Kellogg Brown & Root Service, Inc., et al., v. United States, ex rel. Benjamin Carter that we previewed last year. This qui tam case raised two issues for the Court to...
On December 30, 2014, the New York Times “DealBook” section posted a column by Professor Steven Solomon slamming whistleblower awards for rewarding wrongdoers who engage in fraud, likening the awards to giving bank robbers a cut of the loot. Solomon’s column,...
A recent study of “life sciences companies” (i.e. biotechnology, medical device, and healthcare companies) revealed that False Claims Act qui tam liability is a primary issue discussed in general counsels’ offices. The study was sponsored by Foley Hoag and conducted...
As recently reported by the New York Times, whistleblower programs have been an unqualified success for the government in 2014, assisting in a record return of $5.69 billion. The government is now trying to expand this success to new areas. For example, on November...
On the heels of the SEC’s recent report of its whistleblower statistics, the Department of Justice released statistics detailing the staggering False Claims Act recoveries in FY2014. In the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, the United States obtained a record...
Photo Credit: SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of the Whistleblower released its 2014 Annual Report to Congress on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program. According to the report, the SEC issued more whistleblower rewards in Fiscal Year 2014 than every...
