Top-5 DOJ Environmental Fraud Settlements For 2015
Posted 01/6/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Here is our look-back at the top-5 DOJ settlements for environmental fraud or misconduct for 2015.
5. PECHINEY PLASTIC -- Pechiney Plastic Packaging Inc. agreed to pay roughly $29.5 million and perform cleanup work of about $62.5 million in connection with contaminated soil and groundwater at the Pohatcong Valley Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site in New...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Here is our look-back at the top-10 prison sentences secured by the Department of Justice for healthcare, financial and other types of fraud in 2015.
10. CHRISTOPHER CIAMPA -- The U.S. Army soldier stationed in Afghanistan was sentenced to 10 years for submitting fake Transportation Movement Requests (TMRs) for thousands of gallons of fuel that were neither...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Here is our look-back at the top-10 prison sentences for Medicare fraud in 2015.
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Here is our look-back at the top-10 whistleblower successes under the 
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Here is our look-back at the top-10 Department of Justice fraud recoveries for 2015.
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Here is our look-back at the top-10 Department of Justice False Claims Act recoveries for 2015.
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Here is our look-back at the top-20 False Claims Act and other DOJ fraud settlements for 2014.
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By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Here is our look-back at the top-10 FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) settlements for 2014.
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By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Here is our look-back at the top-10 whistleblower law decisions for 2014.
10. SOX Whistleblower Reach -- What it takes to make out a whistleblower retaliation claim under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act got a little clearer thanks to the Second Circuit decision in Nielsen v. AECOM Technology Corp. There, the Court wrestled with exactly what kind of complaint a whistleblower needs to...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Here is our look-back at the top-10 whistleblower developments for 2014.
10. IRS Whistleblowers -- The IRS issued final rules designed to improve and expand the reach of its whistleblower program. Given the program’s somewhat lackluster results to date, change was certainly needed. But only time will tell whether these rules go far enough.
9. CFTC...