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Question of the Week: Will we see you at the OffshoreAlert Conference?

Posted 04/24/19

Publisher OffshoreAlert, which bills itself as “the unofficial financial regulator” and specializes in reporting about offshore financial centers with an emphasis on fraud investigations, is hosting its annual North American conference on Financial Intelligence & Investigations on April 28-30th in Miami, Florida. For a second year, Constantine Cannon Partner Eric Havian will lead a panel with representatives...

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How to Choose the Best Whistleblower Attorney for You

Posted 04/22/19

What to Look for When Searching for a Whistleblower Law Firm

Whistleblowers are courageous men and women who come forward to disclose information that helps expose wrongdoing. Reporting unlawful behavior or injustice is never an easy thing to do — it is a complicated, stressful process. In many cases, whistleblowers put their career on the line to do the right thing. When making disclosures, whistleblowers...

Tagged in: CC Lawyers, Importance of Whistleblowers, Whistleblower Rewards,

Catch of the Week — DOJ Settles False Claims Act Case Against Cybersecurity Company

Posted 04/18/19

Last week, the Department of Justice announced that Fortinet, Inc., a Silicon Valley-based cybersecurity company, has agreed to pay more than half a million dollars to resolve allegations that it lied about its compliance with the federal Trade Agreements Act (TAA). The allegations were brought to the government’s attention through a False Claims Act lawsuit filed by a whistleblower who worked in Fortinet’s...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, Defense Contract Fraud, FCA Federal, Trade Agreements, Whistleblower Case,

Question of the Week — Have you listened to the Talking Feds podcast yet?

Posted 04/17/19

Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Lawyer, former United States Attorney, and Washington Post Columnist, Harry Litman has launched a fascinating – and timely – new podcast, Talking Feds. The weekly podcast is a roundtable discussion that features different former Department of Justice prosecutors that analyze newsworthy criminal cases, including Robert Mueller’s investigation. Past episodes have featured a...

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Survival Guide for Whistleblowers

Posted 04/16/19

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Last week, three of the most prominent organizations dedicated to protecting and educating whistleblowers announced the launch of a whistleblower survival guide. Actually, it is an update to a guide these groups – Project on Government Oversight (POGO), Government Accountability Project (GAP) and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) – published roughly 20 years ago as a resource for...

Tagged in: Importance of Whistleblowers, Whistleblower Protection Laws,

Catch of the Week — General Electric to Pay $1.5 Billion under FIRREA in Subprime Loan Scheme

Posted 04/12/19

The Department of Justice today announced that General Electric will pay a civil penalty of $1.5 billion under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) to resolve claims of fraud involving the marketing of subprime residential mortgage loans. The loans at issue originated by a GE subsidiary, WMC Mortgage. The government alleged that WMC, GE, and their affiliates allegedly...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, FIRREA, Housing and Mortgage Fraud,

DOJ Announces Criminal Indictments in International Health Care Fraud Scheme that Caused $1.2 Billion in Medicare Losses

Posted 04/12/19

The U.S. Department of Justice announced this week that it had issued criminal indictments against two dozen individuals in one of the largest health care fraud schemes in U.S. history. The indictments target an alleged scheme involving the payment of illegal kickbacks and bribes by durable medical equipment (DME) companies in exchange for the referral of Medicare beneficiaries by doctors working with fraudulent...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, Criminal Proceedings, Healthcare Fraud, Medical Devices and DME,

Judiciary Committee Approves Amendments to California FCA

Posted 04/12/19

On Tuesday, the Judiciary Committee of the California State Assembly passed Assembly Bill 1270, which would make several important changes to the California False Claims Act, most notably eliminating the tax fraud loophole and clarifying materiality and damages standards. At the hearing, Martin Goyette, the head of the California Attorney General’s False Claims Unit, explained that the proposed changes would...

Tagged in: CC Lawyers, FCA State, Legislation and Regulation News,

Constantine Cannon Attorneys Leah Judge and Chris McLamb Published in the Daily Journal on Proposed Amendments to the California FCA

Posted 04/12/19

Constantine Cannon attorneys Leah Judge and Chris McLamb published an article in the Daily Journal highlighting proposed amendments to the California False Claims Act. Among other things, the bill would clarify the materiality requirement under the act and explicitly provide for consequential damages. The article explains how these changes will protect the government’s ability to punish and deter fraud and abuse in...

Tagged in: CC Lawyers, FCA State, Legislation and Regulation News,

Catch of the Week — Fresenius Medical Care

Posted 04/5/19

German-based medical device production and services company Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (“FMC”), agreed on March 29th to a $231 million settlement with both DOJ and the SEC to resolve allegations it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by paying bribes between 2007 and 2016 to publicly employed health and/or government officials to obtain or maintain business in Angola and Saudi Arabia....

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, FCPA,

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Question of the Week — Have you listened to the Talking Feds podcast yet?

Survival Guide for Whistleblowers

Catch of the Week — General Electric to Pay $1.5 Billion under FIRREA in Subprime Loan Scheme

DOJ Announces Criminal Indictments in International Health Care Fraud Scheme that Caused $1.2 Billion in Medicare Losses

Judiciary Committee Approves Amendments to California FCA

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Catch of the Week — General Electric to Pay $1.5 Billion under FIRREA in Subprime Loan Scheme

DOJ Announces Criminal Indictments in International Health Care Fraud Scheme that Caused $1.2 Billion in Medicare Losses

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