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Whistleblower News From The Inside — May 6, 2016

Posted 05/6/16

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Panama Papers whistleblower breaks silence -- The whistleblower behind the Panama Papers broke their silence on Friday to explain in detail how the injustices of offshore tax havens drove them to the biggest data leak in history, saying “the Panama Papers show beyond a shadow of a doubt that although shell companies are not illegal, by definition they are used to carry out a...

U.S. Ranks 41st in 2016 World Press Freedom Index

Posted 05/6/16

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team In a recent Question of the Week, we asked whether disclosing wrongdoing to members of the media should be a protected whistleblowing activity. Since our posting, Reporters Without Borders (“RWB”) has issued its 2016 World Press Freedom Index, which ranked the U.S. 41^st out of 180 countries. While the U.S. actually moved up from its 49^th place ranking in 2015, the RWB cited...

In Their Own Words —Judge Pamela Pepper

Posted 05/5/16

-- “I DON'T MEAN TO BE BLUNT, BUT YOU LIED. YOU LIED AND GOT MONEY.”

Judge Pamela Pepper of the District Court of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, commenting in a sentencing hearing over a podiatrist’s fraudulent charges to Medicare. Read more here.

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Whistleblower News From The Inside — May 5, 2016

Posted 05/5/16

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team JPMorgan Securities on Hong Kong “name and shame” list – JPMorgan Securities is the first global bank to appear on Hong Kong’s “name and shame” list after the stock exchange turned down a JPMorgan-sponsored IPO application; appearance on the list indicates shoddy or incomplete work. Financial Times Green Party members in the European Parliament propose EU-wide...

In Their Own Words -- Brickey

Posted 05/4/16

-- “I will never use talc again. It’s definitely concerning to me.”

Teri Brickey, foreperson of the 9-3 jury requiring Johnson & Johnson to pay a cancer survivor $55 million. Click here to read a Bloomberg article providing additional background.

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Whistleblower News From The Inside -- May 4, 2016

Posted 05/4/16

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Jury makes Johnson & Johnson pay $55 million for baby powder – A St. Louis jury made the award after finding that the company’s talc products caused ovarian cancer; months ago a different jury awarded $72 million for a woman who died of ovarian cancer, and there are over a thousand similar cases pending. Washington Post Former New York Assembly Speaker hit with 12 years...

In Their Own Words — Wells

Posted 05/3/16

-- "There has been as much of a revolution in enforcing disability rights since 2009 as there has been for any other group in the county."

Talley Wells, a disability lawyer with the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, on the Justice Department's "scathing rebuke" of South Dakota for what it claims is the state's improper placement of thousands of patients in "sterile, highly restrictive group homes." Click here for more.

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Whistleblower News From The Inside — May 3, 2016

Posted 05/3/16

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Government charges South Dakota of wrongly putting thousands in nursing homes -- "In a scathing rebuke of the state’s health care system, the Justice Department said [] thousands of patients were being held unnecessarily in sterile, highly restrictive group homes." NYT When farm to table is really fraud to table -- "As more consumers become interested in locally sourced...

In Their Own Words — Ceresney

Posted 05/2/16

-- “We will continue to hold executives accountable when their companies provide misleading information and fail to give investors a full and honest picture of what’s happening with their products.”

Andrew Ceresney, Director, SEC Division of Enforcement. SEC

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Whistleblower News From The Inside — May 2, 2016

Posted 05/2/16

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team New Orleans Jury Convicts Company Owner for Directing $3 Million Fraud and Kickback Scheme -- Evidence introduced at trial showed that defendant’s company billed Medicare for durable medical equipment and orthotics that were not needed and/or were not provided; paid patient recruiters for the names and Medicare numbers of Medicare recipients and then used these Medicare...

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