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Constantine Cannon Announces Record Settlement Win in False Claims Act Suit Against Education Management Corporation

Posted  11/17/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Constantine Cannon is pleased to announce that Education Management Corporation (EDMC), a Pittsburgh-based operator of for-profit educational institutions, has agreed to pay more than $80 million to settle an eight-year False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuit.   It is the largest settlement ever in an FCA suit involving the U.S. Department of Education. Constantine Cannon Of...

In Their Own Words — Litman

Posted  11/17/15

-- “It’s the taxpayers in general who were ripped off. But the most vivid victims here are students who were reeled in with high-pressure tactics and wound up often defaulting with outsized loans that they can’t discharge in bankruptcy. It’s pretty tragic.”

Constantine Cannon attorney Harry Litman, lead counsel for the whistleblowers in the False Claims Act lawsuit against for-profit education company...

DOJ Catch Of The Week -- Education Affiliates

Posted  06/26/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Education Affiliates.  On Wednesday, the for-profit education company agreed to pay $13 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Department of Education for federal student aid.  The Maryland-based company operates 50 campuses in the US under various trade names,...

Interview with 2014 Whistleblower of the Year Mary Willingham

Posted  02/26/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Mary Willingham, Whistleblower Insider’s 2014 Whistleblower of the Year, is the former educator at the University of North Carolina who went public with her concerns about the university’s major failings in educating its big money athletes and has been on a continued quest to clean up college sports.  We had the opportunity to speak to Ms. Willingham about her win and...

2014 Whistleblower Of The Year Goes To… Mary Willingham!

Posted  02/5/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The votes are in -- Mary Willingham is Whistleblower Insider’s 2014 Whistleblower of the Year!  Ms. Willingham is the former educator at the University of North Carolina who went public with her concerns about the university’s major failings in educating its big money athletes and has been on a continued quest to clean up college sports.  We recently shined the...

Two Former Student Athletes Sue UNC and NCAA over Academic Scandal

Posted  01/29/15
By Marlene Koury The UNC academic scandal was first brought to light by one of Whistleblower Insider's nominees for Whistleblower of the Year, Mary Willingham, and was confirmed in the UNC-commissioned Wainstein report released last October.  The report found that, during an 18 year period, more than 3,100 students enrolled in sham classes and nearly half of those students were student athletes, many of whom were...

In Their Own Words - New York Times Editorial Board

Posted  01/28/15

--“UNTIL THE NCAA RECOGNIZES THAT SOME PLAYERS ARE ESSENTIALLY PROFESSIONALS, UNIVERSITIES WILL CONTINUE TO TREAT THEIR EDUCATION LIKE THE FIG LEAF IT IS.”

New York Times Editorial Board on the recently filed lawsuit by two former University of North Carolina athletes challenging the school with academic fraud for how it educates its top athletes.  Click here for more.

Whistleblower Spotlight -- UNC Whistleblower Mary Willingham

Posted  12/11/14
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="262"] Photo Credit: ESPN[/caption] By Gordon Schnell This week's "Whistleblower Spotlight" features Mary Willingham, the former academic adviser at the University of North Carolina who went public on what she sees as the university's major failings in educating its big money athletes. In a talk she gave last week at the Durham Sports Club (as reported in WRAL.com),...

DOJ Catch of the Week -- Maricopa County Community College District

Posted  12/5/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD).  This is the Phoenix-based entity responsible for operating community colleges in Maricopa County, Arizona.  On Monday, the MCCCD agreed to pay $4.08 million to resolve charges it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Corporation for...

Report on UNC Scandal Finds 18 Years of Academic Fraud

Posted  10/23/14
By Marlene Koury UNC just released a report on the academic scandal that has plagued its African and Afro-American Studies department since former UNC learning specialist Mary Willingham blew the whistle on the department's sham classes. The report found that, during an 18 year period, more than 3,100 students enrolled in the department's "paper classes" and nearly half of those students were student athletes, many...
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