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Protests Turn a Glaring Spotlight on the Big Business of Outfitting the Police

Posted 06/4/20

The groundswell of protest against police brutality after George Floyd’s murder has rightly turned the world’s attention to the harsh tactics employed by police departments and the racist biases in how those tactics are applied. Shocking images have emerged from around the U.S. of police officers ready to respond to protesters, outfitted like military, looking like they are going into battle. How did we get...

Tagged in: FCA Federal, FCA State,

Constantine Cannon and GAP Collaborate to Form Covid-19 Legislative Team to Help Enact State False Claims Acts

Posted 05/29/20

Map of US Outlining Hackathon State FCAs

As part of the FT Innovative Lawyers Global Legal Hackathon, Constantine Cannon whistleblower attorneys and the Government Accountability Project (GAP) have teamed up to form a Covid-19 Legislative Strike Force Team to help advocate for the enactment or amendment of State False Claims Acts to protect trillions of dollars in state and federal funds now being spent in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Need for...

Tagged in: CC Lawyers, COVID-19, FCA State, Importance of Whistleblowers, Legislation and Regulation News,

Constantine Cannon’s Hackathon Challenge Generates Eleven Innovative Solutions to Protect COVID-19 Whistleblowers

Posted 05/29/20

The Constantine Cannon whistleblower team is delighted to reveal eleven innovative Hacks created in response to our Challenge to find ways to harness the power of whistleblowers to stem the tide of COVID-19-related frauds and misinformation. Constantine Cannon’s team of whistleblower attorneys submitted the Challenge to The Financial Times’ Global Legal Hackathon (GLH), a worldwide effort to draw on the...

Tagged in: CC Lawyers, COVID-19, FCA State, Government Programs Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers, International Whistleblowers, Money Laundering,

Top Ten State Healthcare and Financial Fraud Recoveries of 2019

Posted 01/30/20

Here at Constantine Cannon, our attorneys represent whistleblowers reporting a wide variety of healthcare fraud and financial fraud, including government contract fraud, unlawful kickbacks, tax evasion, and more. While such wrongful conduct often violates federal laws, state governments are also important enforcement authorities. For whistleblowers, state enforcement can offer additional opportunities. New York,...

Tagged in: Correctional Services Fraud, Drug and DME Pricing, FCA State, Financial and Investment Fraud, Government Procurement Fraud, Healthcare Fraud, Medicaid, Off-Label and Unapproved Use, Pharma Fraud, Top 10,

Top Ten Non-Healthcare False Claims Act Recoveries of 2019

Posted 01/10/20

This year, federal and state governments recovered hundreds of millions of dollars thanks to whistleblowers who came forward to report fraud under the federal False Claims Act and state False Claims Acts. Whistleblowers reported a wide-range of misconduct involving government contracts, including fraud by defense contractors, airlines, and even a major research university. Defendants’ deception ran the gamut...

Tagged in: Bribery and Bid-Rigging, Cybersecurity and Data Breaches, Defense Contract Fraud, FCA Federal, FCA State, Financial and Investment Fraud, Government Programs Fraud, Grant and Research Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers, Price Fixing, Pricing Fraud, Top 10, Visa Fraud, Whistleblower Case,

Top Ten Whistleblower Awards of 2019

Posted 01/9/20

2019 was another strong year for whistleblowers, who once again collectively recovered billions of dollars for the government and hundreds of millions of dollars in whistleblower rewards through their filing of lawsuits under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. Whistleblowers this past year also continued to secure financial rewards under the Dodd-Frank SEC Whistleblower and CFTC Whistleblower programs,...

Tagged in: CFTC Whistleblower Reward Program, FCA Federal, FCA State, Importance of Whistleblowers, SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Top 10, Whistleblower Rewards,

Government Audit of Chronic Care Management Services Raises Serious Questions About Proposed Anti-Kickback Statute Safe Harbors

Posted 11/22/19

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is engaged in what it calls a “Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care,” in order to, in the words of HHS Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan, “update, reform, and cut back our regulations to allow innovation toward a more affordable, higher quality, value-based healthcare system.” On October 9, 2019, as part of this effort to “cut back” on regulations to advance...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, FCA Federal, FCA State, Healthcare Fraud, Managed Care, Medicaid, Medical Billing Fraud, Medicare,

Catch of the Week: B&H Photo Video Sued by NY State for Tax Fraud

Posted 11/15/19

This week’s Catch of the Week brings us back to the Big Apple, where New York Attorney General Letitia James joined a whistleblower lawsuit yesterday accusing the nation’s largest non-chain photo and video equipment retailer, B&H Photo Video, of tax fraud. The suit claims that long-time camera and electronics retailer B&H, which had more than $3 billion in revenue last year, knowingly failed to pay over $7...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, FCA State, Tax Fraud, Whistleblower Case,

New York Poised to Become One of Most Whistleblower-Friendly Places

Posted 10/17/19

Child Looking Through Telescope of New York Building

As anonymous whistleblowers make national headlines daily, so do the attacks on their integrity and calls to reveal their identity. In order to combat the chilling effect on the courageous individuals who report fraud or misconduct, New Yorkers—both at the state and city level—are doubling down on whistleblower protections and encouraging observers of corruption to come forward. Lat week, New York Attorney...

Tagged in: Anonymity, FCA State, Government Programs Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers, Retaliation, Whistleblower Protection Laws,

Florida Pharma Whistleblower Case Results in FCA Settlement by Private Equity Firm

Posted 09/27/19

pill container spilled over with pills in the form of a dollar sign

Last week, the government announced that compounding pharmacy Diabetic Care Rx LLC, known as Patient Care America (“PCA”), its executives, and the private equity firm managing the pharmacy Riordan, Lewis & Haden Inc., had agreed to pay over $21 million to settle allegations they violated the False Claims Act (“FCA”) by executing a kickback scheme to generate referrals of TRICARE patients. The allegations...

Tagged in: Compounding Pharmacy Fraud, Defendants, FCA Federal, FCA State, Healthcare Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers, Pharma Fraud,

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Protests Turn a Glaring Spotlight on the Big Business of Outfitting the Police

Constantine Cannon and GAP Collaborate to Form Covid-19 Legislative Team to Help Enact State False Claims Acts

The Need for...

Constantine Cannon’s Hackathon Challenge Generates Eleven Innovative Solutions to Protect COVID-19 Whistleblowers

Top Ten State Healthcare and Financial Fraud Recoveries of 2019

Top Ten Non-Healthcare False Claims Act Recoveries of 2019

Top Ten Whistleblower Awards of 2019

Government Audit of Chronic Care Management Services Raises Serious Questions About Proposed Anti-Kickback Statute Safe Harbors

Catch of the Week: B&H Photo Video Sued by NY State for Tax Fraud

New York Poised to Become One of Most Whistleblower-Friendly Places

Florida Pharma Whistleblower Case Results in FCA Settlement by Private Equity Firm

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