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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.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
Gordon Schnell and Max Voldman Published in Newsweek on How Whistleblowers are Key to Reining in Prescription Drug Costs

				
Posted  04/21/22
								

				 
				
				 				Newsweek published an OpEd by Constantine Cannon whistleblower lawyers Gordon Schnell and Max Voldman on the need to expand the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program to Medicare.  The piece was prompted by DOJ's recent $235 million settlement with U.K. and St. Louis-based pharma company Mallinckrodt for allegedly violating the Medicaid rebate rule.

On the books since 1990, the rule requires drug companies to rebate state...				 
				 					 

						
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													  Drug and DME Pricing, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
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Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Practice Group 2021 Roundup: Another Banner Year

				
Posted  04/21/22
								

				 
				
Whistleblower Rewards
				 				2021 was another banner year for Constantine Cannon’s whistleblower practice group, with three historic whistleblower successes, including the first-ever award under the Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act.

This string of successes follows the firm's record-shattering 2020 year where our whistleblower team secured blockbuster settlements that recovered more than $600 million for the government and roughly $115...				 
				 					 

						
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													  Auto Safety, 
													  CC Lawyers, 
													  Dark Pools, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Importance of Whistleblowers, 
													  SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, 
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TriMark Settlement Highlights Fraud in Set-Aside Programs

				
Posted  03/1/22
								

				 
				
				 				In a settlement that DOJ has touted as “the largest-ever False Claims Act recovery based on allegations of small business contracting fraud,” food services equipment supplier TriMark USA agreed to pay $48.5 million to resolve allegations that its subsidiaries used front companies owned by service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) to secure federal set-aside contracts.  While TriMark made it appear...				 
				 					 

						
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													  Catch of the Week, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Government Procurement Fraud, 
													  Set-Asides and Preferences, 
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As Whistleblowers and Quality Care Advocates, Hospitalists are the Conscience of Healthcare

				
Posted  02/28/22
										

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						Mary Inman, Ari Yampolsky						
									

				 
				
				 				Thursday, March 3, 2022 is National Hospitalist Day, a day we recognize the contributions of the specialist care doctors and other professionals who provide quality care to sick and vulnerable patients in a hospital.  As the fastest growing specialty in modern medicine, hospitalists are a critical part of the nation’s health care service delivery system.

Less noted but no less important, hospitalists also play a...				 
				 					 

						
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													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Hospital Fraud, 
													  Importance of Whistleblowers, 
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SEC Proposes Rule Amendments to Strengthen Whistleblower Program

				
Posted  02/22/22
								

				 
				
SEC-building
				 				The SEC recently announced proposed changes to its whistleblower program that would strengthen it for the years to come.  The proposals would roll back two controversial rule amendments that the SEC adopted in 2020, which significantly increased the uncertainty facing would-be whistleblowers.  Below we discuss the pros and cons of these new proposals, which would improve that status quo but have issues of their...				 
				 					 

						
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Top 5 Reasons Why Nurses Make Great Whistleblowers

				
Posted  02/22/22
										

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													Edward Baker	
												
									

				 
				
hospital staff
				 				Nurses are rightly getting a lot of attention lately for the courageous and essential role they are playing on the front-line during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Whether in hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, or as home health workers, nurses are finally “learning what they are worth,” even as private equity firms seek to profit from nurses’ increased wage-earning power.  As reported by STAT, Congress is now...				 
				 					 

						
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													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Hospital Fraud, 
													  Importance of Whistleblowers, 
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SEC Hits Crypto Firm BlockFi with $100 Million in Penalties

				
Posted  02/22/22
								

				 
				
Assorted Crypto Coins
				 				The SEC recently announced cryptocurrency financial institution BlockFi agreed to pay $100 million to resolve charges it violated securities laws. Half the penalties will go to the SEC, and the other half will go to 32 states that brought similar charges. The settlement represents the largest recorded penalties the Commission has ever imposed on a crypto firm. It also sends a clear message the SEC will not shy away...				 
				 					 

						
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													  Financial and Investment Fraud, 
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Attention Auto Safety whistleblowers:  Elon Musk wants you to “Blow the Whistle on Tesla!”

				
Posted  02/11/22
								

				 
				
Elon Musk
				 				
Lioness listed the above NFT artwork “Blow the Whistle” by London-based artist Jason Measures for auction here in tandem with its publication of the story of SpaceX whistleblower Ashley Kosak.

Earlier this year, Constantine Cannon whistleblower partners Mary Inman and Poppy Alexander teamed up with Ariella Steinhorn and Amber Scorah, principals of the exciting new media venture Lioness, to expose how Elon...				 
				 					 

						
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													  CC Lawyers, 
													  Importance of Whistleblowers, 
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Top Ten Environmental Fraud Recoveries of 2021

				
Posted  02/11/22
								

				 
				
forest with trees
				 				This year’s environmental fraud Top Ten list includes enforcement actions against automakers, oil and pipeline companies, metal producers and recyclers, energy companies, and serial offender Monsanto. We didn’t see as many blockbuster settlements in 2021 as we did in 2020, despite the Biden administration signaling its focus on environmental fraud as an enforcement priority. Nonetheless, the 2021 enforcement...				 
				 					 

						
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Catch of the Week: A Tale of Two Cons

				
Posted  02/10/22
								

				 
				
Money Rolls
				 				The start of February 2022 brought resolutions in two different COVID-19 fraud cases, one in the Paycheck Protection Program and one in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program. Both involved scammers with previous criminal records who fraudulently obtained COVID relief money.

The Department of Justice continues to prioritize enforcement against fraudsters who take advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program,...				 
				 					 

						
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													  COVID-19, 
													  Criminal Proceedings, 
													  FCA Federal, 
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