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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.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
Whistleblower News from the Inside - October 21, 2014

				
Posted  10/21/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Guardrail maker loses hundred million dollar whistleblower suit -- A Texas jury finds highway guardrail maker Trinity Industries violated the False Claims Act by defrauding the government with defective guardrail systems.  The jury awarded $175M, to be tripled, in this case originally filed by whistleblower and Trinity competitor Joshua Harman.  NYT

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Whistleblower News from the Inside - October 17, 2014

				
Posted  10/17/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Whistleblower nurse describes chaos at TX Ebola hospital – A nurse at the hospital said she watched the hospital “violate basic principles of nursing care, of medical care,” saying that materials used to treat suspected Ebola patients were left festering in corridors for days, suspected Ebola patients were wheeled around the hospital without protection, and doctors were told...				 
				 				
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DOJ Catch of the Week -- Sikorsky Aircraft

				
Posted  10/17/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.  Yesterday, the DOJ joined a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the False Claims Act against the aircraft maker and two of its subsidiaries, Sikorsky Support Services Inc. and Derco Aerospace Inc.  Sikorsky Aircraft is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, with...				 
				 					 

						
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Court Approves Statistical Sampling in False Claims Act Cases

				
Posted  10/16/14
								

				 
								 				By Jason Enzler

A district court has upheld the use of statistical sampling in a False Claims Act case. As the court discussed in its decision, the use of sampling in False Claims Act litigation is not new. But it generally has been limited to establishing damages or to cases where the use of sampling is not contested. In United States ex rel. Martin v. Life Care Centers of America, Inc., however, the court...				 
				 					 

						
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Snowden Documentary Citizenfour is a Must See

				
Posted  10/16/14
								

				 
								 				By Marlene Koury

Laura Poitras’s Citizenfour is not a documentary about Edward Snowden. It is a gripping film about strategy, surveillance, and high-stakes whistleblowing. The film documents Ms. Poitras and fellow journalist Glenn Greenwald's meeting with "Citizenfour" – the handle Snowden used in his first anonymous emails to her – over an eight-day period in Hong Kong to plot how to expose his proof that...				 
				 				
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Big Week for Whistleblowers -- Three Major False Claims Act Victories

				
Posted  10/16/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

In what has shaped up to be one of the more prolific weeks for whistleblowers, the government has settled three major False Claims Act cases originated by whistleblowers under the qui tam provisions of the statute. They involved nursing home operator Extendicare Health Services Inc., aerospace and defense industry giant Boeing Company, and drug maker Organon. All together, the...				 
				 				
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - October 15, 2014

				
Posted  10/15/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Whistleblower says Archbishop must step down -- Jennifer Haselberger, former top legal adviser to Archbishop John Nienstedt, and the whistleblower in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis abuse scandal, says the Archbishop should go as should all the top leadership of the Twin Cities archdiocese.  CBS

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Whistleblower News from the Inside - October 14, 2014

				
Posted  10/14/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

A Portrait of the Whistleblower as a Young Man -- New documentary provides "unparalleled look at the historic moment when Ed Snowden told the world that Big Brother is watching."  Atlantic

Office of Special Counsel comes to rescue of Army whistleblower -- The OSC, which protects federal whistleblowers, persuades the Merit Systems Protection Board to halt the Army's planned...				 
				 				
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - October 10, 2014

				
Posted  10/10/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

First SCOTUS whistleblower case could have broad reach -- The Supreme Court will soon have a chance to decide if Robert MacLean, a whistleblower and former air marshal, was treated justly, or at least legally, after he blew the whistle on airline safety, in the first case the high court will hear directly concerning a federal whistleblower.  Washington Post

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DOJ Catch of the Week -- DRS Technical Services

				
Posted  10/10/14
								

				 
								 				 By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to DRS Technical Services Inc. Last Tuesday, the Virginia based telecommunications services provider agreed to pay $13.7 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by overbilling the government for work performed by DRS personnel who lacked the job qualifications required by the company's government...				 
				 					 

						
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