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Whistleblower Insider is written by the Constantine Cannon law firm team of experienced qui tam and whistleblower lawyers. It is updated regularly to provide the latest whistleblower and fraud news and developments.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
Whistleblower Spotlight: Chinese Rural AIDS Activist Gao Yaojie

				
Posted  12/13/23
								

				 
				
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				 				Gao Yaojie, a Chinese doctor who relentlessly fought to expose an AIDS epidemic in rural China in the 1990s died on Sunday at her home in New York City.   Gao was a pioneer, studying medicine at a local university in her home province of Henan, China.  She graduated in 1953 and went on to specialize in women’s health.  Gao spent much of her time on the road treating patients in remote villages and came face to...				 
				 					 

						
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Harvard Whistleblower Accuses University of Kowtowing to Mark Zuckerberg

				
Posted  12/7/23
								

				 
				
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				 				Dr. Joan Donovan, a leading expert on social media disinformation previously employed at Harvard, has accused the university of shuttering her research to protect its relationship with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.  This comes from a press release and related materials Donovan's lawyers issued this week (December 4) detailing the full extent of her charges.  This included a 248-page disclosure of Donovan's...				 
				 					 

						
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Stress Management Methods for Whistleblowers

				
Posted  12/4/23
								

				 
				
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				 				Whistleblowers are courageous people of strong moral conviction who often must contend with the very real psychological and physical ramifications of taking a stand for what is ethically right. Here, we explore coping techniques for whistleblowers and offer insights that can benefit everyone in managing stress.

Physical Exercise: Engaging in regular physical activity is a vital means of releasing pent-up tension,...				 
				 					 

						
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Caught in the Crosshairs - Loyal Source Government Services

				
Posted  12/1/23
								

				 
				
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				 				As reported in the Washington Post yesterday (November 30), a long-serving Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official filed a whistleblower complaint with Congress claiming significant failures by medical service contractor Loyal Source Government Services and CBP's refusal to address them.  Even worse, when the whistleblower -- 14-year CBP veteran Troy Hendrickson -- tried to raise his concerns with his CBP...				 
				 					 

						
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Catch of the Week: King Kong Tools

				
Posted  11/30/23
								

				 
				
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				 				This week's Department of Justice (DOJ) Catch of the Week goes to King Kong Tools GmbH & Co KG.  On  Wednesday (November 29), the German-based supplier of recycling, forestry, construction, and agricultural equipment, along with its American subsidiary, agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle DOJ charges of violating the False Claims Act through customs fraud.  More specifically, the government alleged King Kong...				 
				 					 

						
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Alabama Court Reaffirms Constitutionality of False Claims Act

				
Posted  11/29/23
								

				 
				
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				 				The False Claims Act is the government's primary tool to go after those committing fraud against the government.  One of the key features of the statute is the qui tam provisions, which allow private parties (whistleblowers) to bring suit on the government's behalf and in return, receive a hefty share of any government recovery.  The Constitutional muster of this feature has long been settled, with the statute...				 
				 					 

						
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Tactical Gear Company Settles $2.1 Million False Claims Act Allegations

				
Posted  11/22/23
								

				 
				
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The U.S Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Ohio has announced that London Bridge Trading Company, Ltd. (LBT), a Virginia headquartered manufacturer of tactical gear for military, law enforcement, and other organizations, has agreed to pay nearly $2.1 million to settle False Claims Act allegations.  The case, initiated by qui tam relator Ann Keating, involves accusations that LBT failed to comply with the...
				 
				 					 

						
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OIG Identifies Fraud as Top Challenge in 2023 HHS Annual Report - Bring on the Whistleblowers

				
Posted  11/21/23
								

				 
				
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				 				The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) just released its 2023 Annual Report on its Top Management and Performance Challenges for the past year.  Among the key challenges OIG identified is better protecting HHS programs -- Medicare and Medicaid being chief among them -- from fraud, waste, and abuse.  No big surprise as this is a perennial challenge for the federal...				 
				 					 

						
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Caught in the Crosshairs - Lone Star Organic Dairy

				
Posted  11/20/23
								

				 
				
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				 				As described in a PETA press release last week (November 16), a whistleblower alerted the animal protection group to what it describes as "extreme animal suffering and mass deaths" at Texas dairy farm Lone Star Organic Dairy.  Lone Star has roughly 2,300 cows and supplies milk to Horizon Organic, the largest organic milk supplier in the country.  In response to the whistleblower's outreach, PETA sent a letter to the...				 
				 					 

						
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In Their Own Words. . . .Sam Lebovic

				
Posted  11/20/23
								

				 
								 				"[I]t is easier . . . to debate the character of the [whistleblower] than to try to make sense of the substantive political issues they reveal, which are by definition complex and controversial.  But when the inevitable next leaker comes along, we should not take this easy road. . . .  Rather than debating the personality of the discloser, we should debate the political significance of what was disclosed."

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