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On Thursday, April 7, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed the decision by Judge Jeffrey Vincent Brown that blocked the Biden Administration from requiring federal workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
Uncovering fraud at work can be an intimidating experience. You know you need to report it, but you may worry about what could happen at work after you become a whistleblower. You may already understand that your employer is not supposed to retaliate against you...
On February 2nd, 2022, the United States Department of Justice announced it had secured around $5.6 billion in False Claims Act (“FCA”) recoveries during 2021. This amount represents the second-highest recovery on record and is only superseded by...
The 6th Circuit opinion sets a strong precedent for future qui tam cases in which the defendant refuses to pay attorney’s fees to the relator. The Court’s interpretation of the FCA ensures that any relator in a successful qui tam action that receives a relator’s share is also entitled to receive attorney’s fees paid by the defendant.
Hoyer Law Group, PLLC, is pleased to announce the $500,000 settlement of a case brought on behalf of whistleblower Christine Kibler. Hoyer Law Group founding partner Jesse Hoyer Estes had the privilege of representing Ms. Kibler when she courageously came forward to expose the fraud she observed at Dover Air Force Base during her time as a Community Director for Hunt Companies.
Hoyer Law Group is proud to announce that MD Labs, Inc., along with two of its owners, will pay up to $16 million to settle allegations that MD Labs submitted false laboratory claims for payment to Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health care programs. According...
H-1B visa fraud is becoming a significant issue in the U.S. as companies exploit the system to cut costs and take advantage of workers. Recently, two major developments revealed how HCL, an IT outsourcing company, used H-1B visas to defraud workers and the government....
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) released the Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report (“Report”) of the SEC Whistleblower Program (“Program”) on November 15th, 2021. The Report outlines another record-breaking year for the Office of the...
The vast sums of taxpayer dollars that have been disbursed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic has created a unique opportunity for companies and individuals to become fraudsters. Given the speed in which the virus has spread and the relative haste in which the government...
Jesse Hoyer Partner The Federal False Claims Act provides specific rules to keep the case confidential when a whistleblower files a new lawsuit. The rules prevent the defendant from finding out that the government is conducting an investigation. The procedure, known...
