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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 - May 30, 2014

				
Posted  05/30/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Judicial Watch sues DOJ on behalf of Fast and Furious whistleblower -- The government watchdog group has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the DOJ on behalf of Operation Fast and Furious whistleblower John Dodson after his own FOIA requests were ignored.  Town Hall

Medtronic settles whistleblower qui tam suit for $9.9M -- The medical device maker and the...				 
				 				
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DOJ Catch Of The Week -- King's Daughters Medical Center

				
Posted  05/30/14
								

				 
								 				[caption id="attachment_3703" align="alignright" width="300"] Source: King's Daughter Medical Center[/caption]

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to King's Daughters Medical Center.  On Wednesday, this large hospital in northeast Kentucky agreed to pay $41 million to resolve government charges that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims...				 
				 					 

						
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GlaxoSmithKline under Investigation in the UK

				
Posted  05/29/14
								

				 
								 				By Marlene Koury

GlaxoSmithKline ("GSK") revealed on Tuesday that the UK Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") opened a formal criminal investigation into its commercial practices. GSK issued a statement saying that it is "committed to operating its business to the highest ethical standards and will continue to cooperate fully with the SFO." Neither GSK nor the SFO provided any further details about the practices being...				 
				 				
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Sixth Circuit Rules on Mandatory Arbitration of Whistleblower Retaliation Claims

				
Posted  05/29/14
								

				 
								 				By Gordon Schnell

Mandatory arbitration clauses are all the rage these days with more and more companies insisting on these provisions in their dealings with customers and employees. It is no wonder why. Arbitrations are typically much less expensive, intrusive and protracted than litigating through the courts. Perhaps even more importantly, they can be used to bar class actions and discourage lawsuits altogether...				 
				 					 

						
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A Look at Edward Snowden’s Interview with NBC

				
Posted  05/29/14
								

				 
								 				By Jason Enzler

Last night, NBC’s interview with Edward Snowden aired. From a factual standpoint, there was not much disclosed that had not already come out in previous news stories. Snowden has already answered questions like “why didn’t he blow the whistle internally before going to the press?” (he did), or “why did he flee to Russia with super-sensitive documents?” (he did not).

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Whistleblower News from the Inside - May 27, 2014

				
Posted  05/27/14
								

				 
								 				May 27, 2014

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Snowden coming home? -- Snowden’s lawyer says there are currently negotiations to bring the former NSA whistleblower back to the US and that he will return home if certain conditions are met, including at least a partial pardon from prosecution.  The Washington Times

VA whistleblower says 2 vets killed themselves while waiting for treatment -- Margaret...				 
				 				
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - May 23, 2014

				
Posted  05/23/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Senators propose the Stop Scams Act of 2014  --  Citing estimates that Medicare fraudsters are costing taxpayers $60-90B a year, a bi-partisan group of senators is proposing legislation that will make it easier for insurers and medical providers to share information that more quickly identifies scammers.  Sacramento Bee

California counties sue pharmas over painkiller abuse --...				 
				 				
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DOJ Catch of the Week -- Credit Suisse

				
Posted  05/23/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Credit Suisse. On Monday the Swiss banking giant pled guilty to criminal charges of conspiring to help thousands of US taxpayers evade taxes and agreed to pay fines and restitution amounting to $2.6 billion. See DOJ press release. It is the first big bank to plead guilty to illegal activity since Drexel Burnham...				 
				 					 

						
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Veteran Advocacy Groups Launch Whistleblower Website

				
Posted  05/22/14
								

				 
								 				By Marlene Koury

The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) and the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) together launched VAOversight, a secure whistleblower website to report fraud, mismanagement and abuse in the Department of Veterans Affairs following allegations that a Phoenix VA hospital suffered from treatment delays, had hidden wait lists and caused the potentially preventable deaths of up to 40...				 
				 				
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Supreme Court To Hear Whistleblower Case On Disclosing National Security Dangers

				
Posted  05/22/14
								

				 
								 				By Jason Ensler

On Monday the Supreme Court granted a petition for certiorari to decide when a government whistleblower can go public with allegations of government wrongdoing.  At issue in the case, Department of Homeland Security v. MacLean, Case No. 13-894, is the disclosure to the press by former air marshal Robert MacLean that the Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”) had cancelled air marshal...				 
				 				
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