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Catch of the Week: Guardian Elder Care

Posted 02/21/20

This week's DOJ Catch of the Week goes to Guardian Elder Care. On Wednesday, the operator of more than 50 nursing homes in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia agreed to pay roughly $15.5 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by billing the government -- Medicare and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program -- for medically unnecessary rehabilitation therapy services. According to...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Home Health and Hospice, Importance of Whistleblowers, Improper Medical Facility, Improper Medical Personnel, Medical Billing Fraud, Pharma Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

Constantine Cannon Law School Scholarship Recipients: Fifth Place Essay

Posted 02/20/20

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Constantine Cannon is delighted to share the essay that placed fifth in our first annual Scholarship Essay Writing Contest. The contest asked entrants to discuss the importance of whistleblowers. Our fifth place winner, Sahdia Khan, wrote about a whistleblower who inspired her, British Intelligence Specialist Katharine Gun. As Ms. Khan writes, Gun, who exposed the United States’ top-secret request that Great...

Tagged in: Importance of Whistleblowers, Scholarship, Whistleblower Eligibility,

A Different Way to Protect Congressional Whistleblowers

Posted 02/20/20
By Sarah “Poppy” Alexander

Government whistleblowers have taken a beating these last few weeks, in particular at the hands of both President Trump and Senator Rand Paul in the course of the impeachment trial. But whistleblowers may have some potent ways to fight back. First, throughout the short duration of the impeachment trial, Senator Rand Paul used his soapbox both in and out of Senate chambers to loudly proclaim the alleged name of...

Tagged in: Importance of Whistleblowers, Retaliation, Whistleblower Protection Laws,

Constantine Cannon Client Featured in Australian Broadcasting Company Story on Boeing Culture and Safety Incidents

Posted 02/18/20

Boeing manager-turned-whistleblower Ed Pierson, represented by Constantine Cannon whistleblower attorneys Eric Havian, Chris McLamb, and Leah Judge, was featured in an Australian Broadcasting Company story on Boeing’s 737 MAX crisis. In the story, Mr. Pierson describes the production problems he witnessed at the plant where the 737 Max was produced and his concern that this troubling production environment may...

Tagged in: CC Lawyers, Importance of Whistleblowers, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Spotlight and Interviews,

Catch of the Week — Colorado Neurosurgeon and His Three Companies Settle Spinal Implant Kickback Claims for $2.35M

Posted 02/14/20

This edition of our Catch of the Week series features the successful resolution of a whistleblower suit against neurosurgeon Dr. William Choi and three companies he owned. The defendants agreed to pay the United States $2.35 million to resolve allegations that, for over five years, Dr. Choi received illegal kickbacks from spinal implant device distributors for devices he used in surgeries. The kickbacks rendered...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, FCA Federal, Medicaid, Medical Devices and DME, Medicare, Other Government Health Programs,

Time Limits Under The False Claims Act

Posted 02/14/20

If you have information about fraud, you may be able to bring a lawsuit on behalf of the government under the False Claims Act and receive a portion of any recovery. However, you should keep an eye on the clock. You have limited time to start your case before it could be barred by the False Claims Act’s statute of limitations or “first-to-file” rule.

What you should know about the False Claims Act Statute...

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Multiple Whistleblowers and First-to-File, Statute of Limitations,

Constantine Cannon Law School Scholarship Recipients

Posted 02/14/20

Constantine Cannon is pleased to announce the winners of our first annual Scholarship Essay Writing Contest:

- - First Place: Ellen Matheson
  - Second Place: Hannah Fitzmorris
  - Third Place: Will Watson
  - Fourth Place: Katelyn Jackson
  - Fifth Place: Sahdia...
    
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Whistleblower Law and Practice in the U.S. and Beyond – Gonzalez Speaks at Euro Latam Lex Conference

Posted 02/7/20

On February 6, 2020, Carolina Gonzalez of our London Office spoke at the VI International Congress of Euro Latam Lex in Washington, D.C. This year’s edition focused on “Challenges in Compliance as we Enter the New ‘Roaring Twenties.’” Carolina’s panel discussed key whistleblower reward programs in the US: CFTC, SEC, IRS, and the False Claims Act, the expansion of similar programs in other...

Tagged in: CC Lawyers, Importance of Whistleblowers, International Whistleblowers,

Catch of the Week – Hybrid Tech pays $29 Million to Resolve Claims of Collusive Bidding on Sale of Energy Department Loan in Case Brought by Creditors

Posted 02/6/20

Our Catch of the Week arises out of misconduct in a corporate restructuring, features a unique whistleblower, and resulted in a $29 million recovery by the government. The defendants, Hybrid Tech Holdings, LLC and related entities, were alleged to have rigged bids in a government auction of a loan made to Fisker Automotive under the Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing loan...

Tagged in: Bribery and Bid-Rigging, Catch of the Week, Government Loan Programs, Government Programs Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Eligibility,

Top Ten Whistleblower Developments of 2019

Posted 02/6/20

By any measure, 2019 was a Very Big Year for whistleblowers. Our annual Top Ten lists identified 2019’s most significant financial recoveries by whistleblowers, as well as recoveries in enforcement actions at the federal and state level involving government procurement, healthcare, financial, tax, and other types of fraud. But the numbers, as impressive as they are, can’t tell the full story of the impact that...

Tagged in: CFTC Whistleblower Reward Program, Cybersecurity and Data Breaches, FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Healthcare Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers, International Whistleblowers, Risk Adjustment Fraud, SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Top 10,

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Catch of the Week: Guardian Elder Care

Constantine Cannon Law School Scholarship Recipients: Fifth Place Essay

A Different Way to Protect Congressional Whistleblowers

Constantine Cannon Client Featured in Australian Broadcasting Company Story on Boeing Culture and Safety Incidents

Catch of the Week — Colorado Neurosurgeon and His Three Companies Settle Spinal Implant Kickback Claims for $2.35M

Time Limits Under The False Claims Act

What you should know about the False Claims Act Statute...

Constantine Cannon Law School Scholarship Recipients

Whistleblower Law and Practice in the U.S. and Beyond – Gonzalez Speaks at Euro Latam Lex Conference

Catch of the Week – Hybrid Tech pays $29 Million to Resolve Claims of Collusive Bidding on Sale of Energy Department Loan in Case Brought by Creditors

Top Ten Whistleblower Developments of 2019

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Catch of the Week: Guardian Elder Care

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A Different Way to Protect Congressional Whistleblowers

Constantine Cannon Client Featured in Australian Broadcasting Company Story on Boeing Culture and Safety Incidents

Catch of the Week — Colorado Neurosurgeon and His Three Companies Settle Spinal Implant Kickback Claims for $2.35M

Time Limits Under The False Claims Act

What you should know about the False Claims Act Statute...

Constantine Cannon Law School Scholarship Recipients

Whistleblower Law and Practice in the U.S. and Beyond – Gonzalez Speaks at Euro Latam Lex Conference

Catch of the Week – Hybrid Tech pays $29 Million to Resolve Claims of Collusive Bidding on Sale of Energy Department Loan in Case Brought by Creditors

Top Ten Whistleblower Developments of 2019

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