In Their Own Words — Burns
Posted 10/30/15
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16 Constantine Cannon Attorneys Named To Super Lawyers Magazine
Posted 10/30/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Sixteen Constantine Cannon attorneys have been recognized and named to Thomson Reuters' 2015 "Super Lawyers" and "Rising Stars" lists. See Constantine Cannon Press Release. The Super Lawyers rating service distinguishes lawyers at the top 5 percent (top 2.5 percent for Rising Stars) of their location, considering both professional achievement and peer recognition by practice...
DOJ Catch Of The Week -- Warner Chilcott
Posted 10/30/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to Warner Chilcott US Sales LLC, a subsidiary of pharmaceutical manufacturer Warner Chilcott PLC. Yesterday, the company agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of health care fraud as part of a global settlement in which Warner Chilcott agreed to pay $125 million to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising...
In Their Own Words — Baumann
Posted 10/29/15
-- “You have documents that are on the privilege log that are not the greatest, but I really didn’t see a huge number of smoking guns.”
Attorney Linda Baumann discussing the merits of settling the DOJ’s claims of Medicare fraud by Broward Health with the hospital system’s Board of Commissioners based in part on the content of documents withheld from DOJ based on claims of attorney-client privilege.Whistleblower News From The Inside — October 29, 2015
Posted 10/29/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Canadian market watchdog proposes whistleblower bounties – “A top Canadian securities regulator on Wednesday said it wants to pay whistleblowers up to CA$5 million ($3.8 million) for high-impact tips about securities fraud and other misconduct in Ontario, marking the first equivalent of a Wall Street bounty program in the Great White North.” Law360
Industries clash...
In Their Own Words -- Miracle Mineral Supplement
Posted 10/28/15
--“If you notice diarrhea, or even vomiting, that is not necessarily a bad sign.”
Website of Miracle Mineral Supplement, whose owner was convicted on fraud charges and sentenced to over 4 years in prison for selling industrial bleach as a cure (the website is still up and running as of this post).Former US Attorney Harry Litman Joins Constantine Cannon's Whistleblower Practice
Posted 10/28/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Former United States Attorney Harry Litman has joined Constantine Cannon's ever-expanding whistleblower practice. Also joining the firm are qui tam lawyers Rosie Dawn Griffin and Hallie Noecker and law librarian Janice Kelly. See C|C Press Release. This team joins the firm's recent whistleblower lawyer additions and the opening of the San Francisco office. With 15...
Whistleblower News From The Inside -- October 28, 2015
Posted 10/28/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Whistleblower alleges government censored pesticide research – Jonathan Lundgren, a senior scientist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has filed a complaint alleging that the USDA covered-up research that suggests many popular pesticides may be dangerous. KCUR 89.3
Fraudster gets 4-year sentence for marketing bleach as a “miracle” cure – Louis Daniel Smith...
In Their Own Words — McCaskill
Posted 10/27/15
-- "[W]histleblowers play a critical role in protecting tax dollars by shining a light on waste, fraud and abuse within the federal government."
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), in a letter she wrote yesterday to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus calling for more information on how the Navy is dealing with Rear Admiral Brian Losey who "despite a recommendation from the Department of Defense Inspector General . . . is not being...Whistleblower News From The Inside — October 27, 2015
Posted 10/27/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Novartis to pay $390M to settle kickback claims -- The payment will settle US allegations the drugmaker used kickbacks to specialist pharmacies to push sales of Novartis drugs. FT
Senator presses Navy on whistleblower retaliation -- "Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is pushing the Navy for information on an admiral who allegedly retaliated against whistleblowers and faced no...