Whistleblower News From The Inside -- April 14, 2017
Posted 04/14/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Oklahoma Hospital, Administrator, and Physicians Agree to Pay $1.6m to settle FCA case -- The United States alleges that from January 1, 2008, through September 30, 2016, Oklahoma hospital Norman Regional submitted, or caused to be submitted, false claims for payment to Medicare for radiological services performed by assistants without the proper supervision by a physician....
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This week, the 
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Ex-Unicredit executive blasts Ireland’s lack of whistleblower protections – Appearing before a joint committee examining the Irish banking sector, former Unicredit executive-turned-whistleblower Jonathan Sugarman testified that Ireland has “absolutely and completely destroyed the lives of every single whistleblower” who dared reveal irregularities to officials; earlier...
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Yesterday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer criticized Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s alleged use of chemical weapons, asserting that even Adolf Hitler did not stoop to that level of warfare and “was not using the gas on his own people in the same way that Assad is doing.” Spicer later walked back his remarks, which he made during the Passover holiday and were...
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Rwanda: New Whistleblower Law in the Offing — “[R]evised whistleblower legislation is closer to fruition after a Cabinet meeting last week approved the draft law. . . . The existing law came into force in August 2012, but was found to be lacking in various areas prompting the revision. One of the gaps identified was that the existing law only stated procedures for masking a...
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Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley 
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Federal Judge Says Texas Voter ID Law Intentionally Discriminates -- A federal judge ruled on Monday that the voter identification law the Texas Legislature passed in 2011 was enacted with the intent to discriminate against black and Hispanic voters, raising the possibility that the state’s election procedures could be put back under federal oversight.