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Top-20 False Claims Act and DOJ Fraud Settlements for 2014

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Here is our look-back at the top-20 False Claims Act and other DOJ fraud settlements for 2014. 20.  OtisMed Corp. -- The medical products manufacturer and its former CEO agreed to pay more than $80 million for distributing knee replacement surgery cutting guides (called the OtisKnee) after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had rejected their application for marketing...

Top-10 FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) Settlements for 2014

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Here is our look-back at the top-10 FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) settlements for 2014. 10.  Bruker Corp. -- The Massachusetts-based manufacturer of scientific instruments agreed to pay $2.4 million to settle charges of providing non-business related travel and improper payments to various Chinese government officials in an effort to win business there. Click here...

Top-10 Whistleblower Law Decisions for 2014

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Here is our look-back at the top-10 whistleblower law decisions for 2014. 10.  SOX Whistleblower Reach -- What it takes to make out a whistleblower retaliation claim under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act got a little clearer thanks to the Second Circuit decision in Nielsen v. AECOM Technology Corp. There, the Court wrestled with exactly what kind of complaint a whistleblower needs to...

Top-10 Whistleblower Developments of 2014

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Here is our look-back at the top-10 whistleblower developments for 2014. 10.  IRS Whistleblowers -- The IRS issued final rules designed to improve and expand the reach of its whistleblower program.  Given the program’s somewhat lackluster results to date, change was certainly needed.  But only time will tell whether these rules go far enough.  9. CFTC...

In Their Own Words - Solomon

-- "Revelations from brave whistleblowers are essential for the informed consent of the governed."

From Norman Solomon, author of 'War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death, in his Huffington Post piece on Why Jeffrey Sterling Deserves Support as a CIA Whistleblower.  Click here for more.

In Their Own Words - Grassley

-- "“There is an inherent bias against whistleblowers in the inspector general’s office.”."

Senator Chuck Grassley on new report finding a rise in the level of whistleblower retaliation among federal employees. Click here for more.

Monthly Roundup -- December 2014

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Here is our look-back at the key whistleblower and fraud developments we have written about over the past month: FEATURED POSTS AND COMMENTARY This month's featured posts and commentary included: Whistleblowers Beware Of What Company Documents You Take To Support Your Qui Tam Case (here); Countrywide Financial Whistleblower Earns $57 Million Reward (here); Unfavorable Ruling for...

Whistleblower News From The Inside - December 31, 2014

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team UN whistleblower says international community has failed Darfur -- Listen to the interview of Aicha El Basri here.  NPR CSC pays $190M to settle SEC accounting probe -- Computer Sciences Corp. reached a proposed settlement with the SEC over an accounting probe, agreeing to pay a penalty of $190 million and adjust its financial statements for three fiscal years.  Bloomberg 80%...

In Their Own Words - Greenstein

 -- "NO ONE CAN TRUST THE SYSTEM.  I TRUSTED IT AND I WAS NAIVE."

Former CIA whistleblower Ilana Greenstein on her efforts to report mismanagement within the agency and the whistleblower retaliation she suffered for speaking out.  Click here for more.

Whistleblower News From The Inside - December 30, 2014

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team  US investigating New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver -- Federal authorities are investigating substantial payments made to Silver for roughly a decade by a small law firm that seeks real estate tax reductions for commercial and residential properties in New York City.  NYTS  Congressman Michael Grimm to resign -- This comes just a week after pleading guilty to tax...