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.
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Ohio-based Omnicare Inc., the country’s largest provider of pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services to nursing homes. On Wednesday, the company agreed to pay $124 million to settle government charges of offering improper financial incentives to skilled nursing facilities in return for their continued selection of...
By Gordon Schnell
The good news is the United Kingdom has spoken loud and clear on the critical role whistleblowers must play in rooting out fraud and misconduct in the workplace. The bad news is it continues to believe whistleblower rewards is a bad idea. This comes out of the response released yesterday by the UK Department for Business Innovation & Skills to the "Call for Evidence" it put out last year...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to SunTrust Mortgage Inc., the mortgage lending arm of SunTrust Bank. On Tuesday, the Justice Department, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and virtually every state attorney general in the country, reached a $968 million agreement with the bank to resolve...
By Jason Enzler
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced another ground-breaking development for its whistleblower program earlier this week, releasing details on its first whistleblower retaliation case filed under the Dodd-Frank Act. In doing so, the SEC sent an unambiguous message: They are just getting started in going after companies that retaliate against whistleblowers.
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By Gordon Schnell
The US healthcare system is the most expensive in the world. Yet, it continues to rank poorly when compared to the healthcare systems of other developed countries. In fact, when compared to the most developed countries around the globe, the state of our overall healthcare system comes in dead last. At least that is the finding of the report issued this week by The Commonwealth Fund titled