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 C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
The votes are in, more than two thousand of them, and Taylor Radig is Whistleblower Insider’s 2013 Whistleblower of the Year. Good job Taylor!
Taylor’s selfless and passionate work to expose animal abuse inspired the majority of our readers to vote for her. Her story began in July 2013, when she went undercover at Quanah Cattle Company in Kersey, Colorado and stealthily...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
The DOJ just released its annual compilation of False Claims Act (FCA) statistics. Once again, the numbers are sure to raise eyebrows. Overall, the DOJ recovered $3.8 billion during FY 2013 – an amount second only to last year’s record-breaking recovery of almost $5 billion. Neither of these figures reflects criminal fines and forfeitures or state recoveries for...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, in a unanimous decision authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, that the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) does not apply to so-called parens patriae actions. These are lawsuits filed by state attorneys general to recover damages on behalf of their residents for corporate misconduct. The decision, Mississippi v. AU Optronics Corp., is notable...