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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.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
The Growing Problem of Drug Abuse by Seniors

				
Posted  09/18/14
								

				 
								 				By Jason Enzler

Drug abuse and misuse by the older generation is on the rise, according to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. And the forecast predicts things may get worse.

The problem appears to be two-fold: addiction and misuse. On the addiction side, experts are concerned that seniors are receiving powerful opiates and anti-anxiety medications without adequate monitoring to identify when patients...				 
				 					 

						
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Holder Calls for Larger Whistleblower Awards

				
Posted  09/18/14
								

				 
								 				By Marlene Koury

Attorney General Eric Holder wants to raise the award limits for Wall Street whistleblowers, citing the need to provide greater incentives to blow the whistle. In a speech he gave yesterday at New York University, Holder said whistleblowers provide critical information to investigators in prosecuting cases, but the incentives provided to certain whistleblowers are simply insufficient.

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Whistleblower News from the Inside - September 16, 2014

				
Posted  09/16/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Episcopal Ministries to the Aging settles Medicare fraud charges --  The nonprofit Maryland corporation agreed to pay $1.3 million to resolve allegations that it caused the submission of false claims for unnecessary health care services.  DOJ

AgFeed settles accounting fraud case – The Chinese animal-feed and hog-production company has agreed to pay $18 million to settle SEC...				 
				 				
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Whistleblower Spotlight -- Saudi Arabia's Twitter Whistleblower @mujtahidd

				
Posted  09/16/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

This week's "Whistleblower Spotlight" shines on the unidentified individual who goes by the Twitter handle @mujtahidd. With more than 1.5 million followers, he appears to be on a one-man crusade to expose corruption in and bring transparency to this historically tight-lipped desert kingdom of 28 million people. Choosing a moniker which in Arabic translates into "an authoritative...				 
				 					 

						
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DOJ Catch of the Week -- Reliance Medical Systems

				
Posted  09/12/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to spinal implant company Reliance Medical Systems. On Monday, the government announced its filing of two False Claims Act lawsuits against the company, two of its distributorships -- Apex Medical Technologies and Kronos Spinal Technologies -- and Michigan neurosurgeon Dr. Aria Sabit.  The complaints allege Apex and...				 
				 					 

						
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - September 12, 2014

				
Posted  09/12/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Bipartisan support for strengthening whistleblower protections -- "To say it was heartwarming would be a stretch, but it was good to see the bipartisan support this week on behalf of federal whistleblowers from a congressional panel" with many seeming "pretty disgusted with the way Uncle Sam can treat federal employees who report waste, fraud and abuse."  Washington...				 
				 				
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D.C. Circuit Opines on What Constitutes Knowledge of Falsity Under the False Claims Act

				
Posted  09/11/14
								

				 
								 				By Jason Enzler

The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion recently affirming a trial court’s grant of summary judgment against a qui tam relator.  The ruling in U.S. ex rel. Folliard v. Government Acquisitions, Inc. dealt with two issues: whether the lower court properly denied discovery of certain information and whether the defendant had “knowingly” submitted false claims...				 
				 					 

						
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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

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