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Whistleblower News From The Inside — October 20, 2015

Posted  October 20, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Millennium Health to pay $256 million to settle whistleblower charges — The whistleblower and government claimed the lab testing company violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for medically unnecessary urine drug and genetic testing and for providing kickbacks to physicians for referrals.  DOJ

Citigroup accused of improperly avoiding $800M in New York State taxes — Eric B. Rasmusen, a professor of business economics and public policy at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, “has filed a lawsuit against Citigroup accusing the bank of using an unusual federal tax break during the financial crisis to avoid paying $800 million in New York State taxes.”  NYT

The sad fate of America’s whistleblowers — Thoughtful piece by former CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou, recently released from prison and now serving as an associate fellow for the Institute of Policy Studies.  Truthdig

Drug makers sidestep barriers on pricing — “It is called ‘Prescriptions Made Easy.’  Instead of sending their patients to the drugstore with a prescription, doctors are urged … to submit prescriptions directly to a mail-order specialty pharmacy affiliated with the drug company.”  NYT

Whistleblower lawsuit alleges widespread wrongdoing and cruelty at Detroit Animal Control — Former animal control officer Brittany Roberts claims she was fired after reporting troubling conditions and wrongdoing at the city’s animal shelter, including animals dying from lack of food and medical care, filthy conditions that made animals sick, and deliberate animal cruelty.  Michigan Radio

Trial begins in whistleblower lawsuit against Bozeman, Montana Deaconess Hospital — Larry Slate, who was a radiation safety officer and medical physicist, claims he was fired for complaining, among other things, that the hospital treated patients with radioactive materials before tests confirmed they had cancer, used the wrong radiation treatment for a patient, diluted radiation doses and misplaced nuclear material.  NBC

Confronting the new SEC whistleblower paradigm — Part 3 in the series offering “practical advice for companies operating in this new whistleblower regime.”  Inside Counsel