Whistleblower News From The Inside -- March 16, 2017
Posted 03/16/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
EU sets up messaging system for cartel whistleblowers – The EU’s antitrust enforcement commission has set up a system for whistleblowers to report cartel activity or price fixing. The platform strips identifying metadata from whistleblower submissions including messages and documents, and will allow whistleblowers to engage in ongoing anonymous communication with Brussels.
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
According to documents unsealed in federal court yesterday, a grand jury has indicted nine former and active-duty Navy officials on charges of corruption, fraud, obstruction of justice, and other crimes. Four retired Navy captains, a retired Marine colonel, and a former Navy admiral, Rear Adm. Bruce Loveless, are among those charged. Loveless served as the Navy’s director...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Fifth Circuit Sides with BP in FCA Case – A unanimous Fifth Circuit panel affirmed a Texas judge’s summary judgment ruling in a $266 billion False Claims Act case involving BP PLC’s Gulf of Mexico-based Atlantis oil production facility. 
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Send in the whistleblowers. That it is the goal of Fair Sport, the nonprofit foundation recently formed for the singular purpose of encouraging and protecting whistleblowers willing to speak out against cheating, doping and all the other misconduct plaguing international sports these days. Leading the charge in this effort is Norwegian speedskating gold medalist Johann Koss,...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
CBO says House Republican plan to replace Affordable Care Act would increase uninsured by 24 million -- "The much-anticipated judgment by Capitol Hill’s official scorekeeper did not back up President Trump’s promise of providing health care for everyone and was likely to fuel the concerns of moderate Republicans." 
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
CA Inc. to Pay $45 Million for Alleged False Claims on Government-Wide Information Technology Contract – CA Inc. (CA) has agreed to pay $45 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it made false statements and claims in the negotiation and administration of a General Services Administration (GSA) contract, the Department of Justice announced today. CA...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
On Saturday March 12, Preet Bharara, the former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, was