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Whistleblower Insider is written by the Constantine Cannon law firm team of experienced qui tam and whistleblower lawyers. It is updated regularly to provide the latest whistleblower and fraud news and developments.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
DOJ Launches New Elder Justice Website

				
Posted  09/11/14
								

				 
								 				By Marlene Koury

Nearly one in 10 people over the age of 60 suffer abuse and neglect, including physical, sexual and emotional abuse, consumer scams, health care fraud and various forms of financial exploitation.  It is estimated that older adults in the United States lose more than $2.9 billion annually from financial exploitation alone.  To protect older Americans, the DOJ's Elder Justice Initiative launched an...				 
				 				
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The Beginning of the End for Ag-Gag Laws?

				
Posted  09/11/14
								

				 
								 				 By Gordon Schnell

In an eagerly awaited decision out of federal court in Idaho last week, Chief Judge B. Lynn Winmill has dealt a mighty blow to proponents of the so-called "Ag-Gag" laws several states have passed in recent years to ensure what goes on in factory farms, stays in factory farms.  At issue in this case is the constitutionality of the Idaho statute and whether -- in criminalizing undercover...				 
				 					 

						
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - September 9, 2014

				
Posted  09/9/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

DOJ sues for kickbacks and unnecessary spinal surgeries -- The DOJ files two False Claims Act complaints against Reliance Medical Systems for a kickback scheme in which physicians were paid to use Reliance spinal implants in the surgeries they performed, some of which were medically unnecessary.  DOJ

DOJ investigating laboratories for possible kickback schemes -- The Wall Street...				 
				 				
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DOJ Catch of the Week -- Smith & Nephew

				
Posted  09/5/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Smith & Nephew. On Wednesday, the London-based medical device maker agreed to pay $11.3 million to settle charges it sold the U.S. government orthopaedic products it claimed were US-made but actually came from Malaysia. The settlement ends a whistleblower lawsuit brought in 2008 under the qui tam provisions of the...				 
				 					 

						
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Whistleblower Spotlight -- MassMutual Whistleblower Bill Lloyd

				
Posted  09/5/14
								

				 
								 				 By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

This week's "Whistleblower Spotlight" shines on Bill Lloyd, a former agent with the insurance company MassMutual Financial Group based in Springfield, Massachusetts. Last month, Lloyd revealed himself as the unnamed whistleblower to whom the SEC awarded $400,000 for helping the agency uncover an allegedly fraudulent investment scheme at the company. It is only the thirteenth...				 
				 					 

						
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - September 5, 2014

				
Posted  09/5/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

BP found to have acted with gross negligence in oil spill fiasco – A federal judge made the ruling despite the company’s expectation that it would be found merely negligent; it now faces upwards of $18 billion in fines.  Bloomberg

Former Governor McDonnell found guilty – A Virginia jury found the former governor guilty of 11 counts of corruption, though his lawyers say he...				 
				 				
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Eighth Circuit Clarifies Position on Pleading Fraud Under the False Claims Act

				
Posted  09/4/14
								

				 
								 				By Jason Enzler

The Eighth Circuit has become the latest appellate court to join the fray over what is required of False Claims Act complaints.  Last Friday, in U.S. ex rel. Thayer v. Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, the Court held that a qui tam relator need not plead a representative sample of a false claim in order to survive a motion to dismiss the complaint.  In doing so, the Eighth Circuit sided with...				 
				 					 

						
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Case Tests Tension Between False Claims Act and First Amendment

				
Posted  09/4/14
								

				 
								 				By Marlene Koury

The much claimed but never proven tension between the False Claims Act (“FCA”) and First Amendment is being tested again in United States v. Millenium Pharmaceuticals Inc., currently pending in the Eastern District of California.  The whistleblower, a former pharmaceutical sales representative, alleges in his complaint that Millennium Pharmaceuticals illegally promoted the off-label use of...				 
				 					 

						
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Barker Decision Extends Attorney-Client Privilege Waiver to False Claims Act Cases

				
Posted  09/4/14
										

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								 				The attorney-client privilege is perhaps the most critical component of the attorney-client relationship.  As the Supreme Court declared in its landmark Upjohn decision, the privilege exists "to encourage full and frank communication between attorneys and their clients and thereby promote broader public interests in the observation of law and administration of justice."  As most would agree, without the privilege...				 
				 					 

						
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - September 2, 2014

				
Posted  09/2/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

NY to go after Evans Bank for racial redlining -- The one-hundred year old Buffalo-based bank is being accused of "deliberately choking off mortgage lending to predominantly minority communities."  NYT

More on the CDC vaccine whistleblower -- Opinion piece on the "apparent efforts by most media outlets to censor and downplay this story and try to discredit people reporting on...				 
				 				
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