Whistleblower News from the Inside - May 6, 2014
Posted 05/6/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
No company is too big to jail? -- That’s the message USAG Eric Holder has taken to the streets as the DOJ prepares to bring criminal charges against two of Europe’s largest banks, Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas. Washington Post Baptist Health settles whistleblower suit for $2.5M -- The Florida based network of hospitals and medical providers was charged with violating the...
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By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Time for a change? At least some officials in the government think so. During a Senate hearing Tuesday, David Michaels, Assistant Secretary for the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), said the agency dismisses more than 200 cases a year due to time limits -- some of which are as short as 30 days. 
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Under the so-called first-to-file rule, “[w]hen a person brings an action under the False Claims Act, no person other than the Government may intervene or bring a related action based on the facts underlying the pending action.” 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(5). The rule serves two primary purposes. It encourages whistleblowers with allegations of fraud to come forward as quickly as...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Most of us are well familiar with the multi-billion dollar business big-time college sports have become and their questionable impact on the so-called “student-athletes” who fuel them. See