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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 24, 2014

				
Posted  10/24/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Northrop must face whistleblower suit -- A judge rejected Northrop Grumman's bid to dismiss a lawsuit by a former employee who accused the defense contractor of defrauding the U.S. government in performing a contract to develop a missile defense system for commercial aircraft.  Reuters

Vanguard lashes out at lawyer-turned-whistleblower -- Vanguard Group has responded to a...				 
				 				
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DOJ Catch of the Week -- DaVita

				
Posted  10/24/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team 

This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc., one of the leading providers of dialysis services in the United States.  On Wednesday, the Denver-based company agreed to pay $400 million to resolve claims it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks for patient referrals to its dialysis clinics.  It apparently is the...				 
				 					 

						
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Report on UNC Scandal Finds 18 Years of Academic Fraud

				
Posted  10/23/14
								

				 
								 				By Marlene Koury

UNC just released a report on the academic scandal that has plagued its African and Afro-American Studies department since former UNC learning specialist Mary Willingham blew the whistle on the department's sham classes. The report found that, during an 18 year period, more than 3,100 students enrolled in the department's "paper classes" and nearly half of those students were student athletes, many...				 
				 					 

						
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FBI Whistleblower Program Undergoing Overhaul

				
Posted  10/23/14
								

				 
								 				By Jason Enzler

The FBI’s whistleblower rules are set for a significant expansion. According to a letter made public this week from the Department of Justice to Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Wyden, the agency will make changes to eleven areas of its program. Once implemented, the new rules would give FBI whistleblowers protections more similar to those available to other government employees.

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Whistleblower Goes it Alone and Wins Big in Guardrail Case

				
Posted  10/23/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

A federal jury in Texas this past Monday came down hard against highway guardrail maker Trinity Industries in a whistleblower action brought by one of Trinity's competitors, a guardrail installer named Joshua Harman.  He claimed Trinity cut corners on its guardrails, did not come clean with the government, and ultimately put millions of motorists at serious risk.  The jury...				 
				 					 

						
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - October 22, 2014

				
Posted  10/22/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Miami physician assistant sentenced to 15 years for Medicare fraud scheme -- The sentence is for a P.A.'s participation in a Medicare fraud scheme involving approximately $200 million in fraudulent billings by American Therapeutic Corporation, a mental health company headquartered in Miami.  DOJ

New York expands probe of Ocwen Financial -- The mortgage-servicing company is...				 
				 				
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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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