In Their Own Words -- Sessions
Posted 08/30/17
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Whistleblower News From The Inside -- August 30, 2017
Posted 08/30/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Lawsuit Alleges Charlotte School of Law Defrauded Taxpayers – “A lawsuit filed by a former professor of Charlotte School of Law accuses the failed school and its corporate owner of defrauding taxpayers out of $285 million by admitting hundreds of unqualified students, then manipulating records to keep them enrolled so the school could collect their government-backed...
DOJ Investigating Uber for Foreign Bribes
Posted 08/30/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
A new story from the Wall Street Journal reveals that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating whether Uber managers provided bribes to foreign officials in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The FCPA broadly prohibits American companies from seeking a competitive advantage through bribes to foreign officials.
Under the leadership of co-founder...
In Their Own Words -- Gottlieb
Posted 08/29/17
-- "The FDA will not allow deceitful actors to take advantage of vulnerable patients by purporting to have treatments or cures for serious diseases without any proof that they actually work."
FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb in announcing the FDA's crackdown on dangerous stem cell clinics. Read more.Two Bay Area Companies for Developmentally Disabled Settle Whistleblower Charges of Overbilling
Posted 08/29/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Two Bay Area companies and their owners agreed to pay roughly $2 million to settle charges they violated the False Claims Act by overbilling the government in a program designed to serve Californians with developmental disabilities. The government, and the whistleblower who originated the action -- Beverly McCaffery -- alleged that Alternative Learning Center, its president...
Whistleblower News From The Inside -- August 29, 2017
Posted 08/29/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
FDA cracks down on "unscrupulous" stem cell clinics -- "The Food and Drug Administration announced a crackdown on dangerous stem cell clinics on Monday, while at the same time pledging to ease the path to approval for companies and doctors with legitimate treatments in the growing field." NYT
Lettuce Entertain You settles whistleblower retaliation suit -- A former worker...
In Their Own Words -- Rothman
Posted 08/28/17
"It's easier to try to exploit a senior citizen with cognitive or other impairments in financial issues, who are alone, than it is to rob a bank. So they are the targets."
Statement by Mike Rothman from the North American Securities Administrators AssociationOlder Americans Lose an Estimated $36.5 Billion Every Year to Fraud
Posted 08/28/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
A recent CNBC story discusses a growing trend in elder fraud that has caused older Americans to lose approximately $36.5 billion each year to financial scams or abuse according to a 2015 report. State securities regulators have reported a general increase in financial fraud against senior citizens in the past year. Mike Rothman, the Minnesota commissioner of commerce said "This...
Whistleblower News From The Inside -- August 28, 2017
Posted 08/28/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
New SCOTUS Brief in Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Case: SEC Doesn’t Deserve Deference – The Senate confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch provided a rare moment in the spotlight for the Chevron doctrine, the Supreme Court’s holding that when laws are ambiguous, courts must defer to statutory interpretations from the executive-branch agencies Congress...
Trump Hotel at Night: Schmoozing, Lobbyists, Cabinet Members, $60 Steaks
Posted 08/25/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
In this first tumultuous summer of the Trump administration, the Trump hotel in Washington DC has cemented its status as a gathering spot for prominent conservatives and a place for the president’s supporters to see, be seen and curry favor with people in power, one $24 chocolate cigar at a time.
The hotel — a melting pot for Trump family members, Trump surrogates,...