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January 14, 2026

Constantine Cannon represented a whistleblower alleging several affiliates of Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente violated the False Claims Act by submitting invalid diagnosis codes for their Medicare Advantage patients to secure inflated payments from the Government.  In January 2026, Kaiser agreed to pay $556 million to settle the matter.  It is the largest False Claims Act settlement to date involving alleged fraud...

Kaiser Pays Record $556M to Settle Medicare Advantage False Claims Act Case -- Constantine Cannon Represented One of the Originating Whistleblowers

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Last Wednesday (January 14), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that several affiliates of Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente agreed to pay $556 million to settle allegations they violated the False Claims Act by submitting invalid diagnosis codes for their Medicare Advantage patients to secure inflated payments from the Government.[1] It is the largest False...

Constantine Cannon Partner Gordon Schnell Quoted in Bloomberg and Law360 On Zafirov Appeal of False Claims Act Constitutionality

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Last Friday, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held argument on the Constitutionality of the whistleblower (or qui tam) provisions of the False Claims Act.  These are the provisions of the Civil War era statute that authorizes private parties to bring lawsuits on behalf of the Government against those that defraud the Government.  Over the past few decades, the...

Constantine Cannon Partner Gordon Schnell Published in The Hill on the SEC's Mixed Messaging Towards Whistleblowers

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Today, The Hill published an article by Constantine Cannon whistleblower partner Gordon Schnell on how the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is sending a mixed message to whistleblowers with its recent spate of awards under the SEC Whistleblower Program.

Low-Dollar SEC Awards

Schnell points to the ten whistleblower awards the SEC has issued since Labor Day --

Constantine Cannon Partner Gordon Schnell Quoted in Bloomberg Law on Recent Wave of False Claims Act Cybersecurity Fraud Settlements

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team On Monday (October 20), Bloomberg Law quoted Constantine Cannon whistleblower partner Gordon Schnell in its piece on the slew of False Claims Act settlements the Department of Justice (DOJ) has secured this year involving cybersecurity fraud.¹ We have posted frequently on this topic, most recently in early October in And Yet Another Whistleblower-Originated False...

Constantine Cannon Partner Gordon Schnell Featured in Law.com on This Year’s Drop in SEC Whistleblower Awards

Three Constantine Cannon Attorneys Selected to “2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers” 

(NEW YORK) June 6, 2025 -- Constantine Cannon is pleased to announce that three of the firm’s lawyers, Jean Kim, Marlene Koury, and Taline Sahakian, were named in the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers guide.¹ This announcement follows Ms. Sahakian’s selection to Lawdragon’s 2025 Leading Global Antitrust and Competition Lawyers guide.  

Lawdragon’s Announcement  

The 500 Leading...

Constantine Cannon Partner Gordon Schnell Published in Automotive News on Whether NHTSA Will Finally Take Its Auto Safety Whistleblower Program Seriously

On February 12, Automotive News published an OpEd piece by Constantine Cannon whistleblower partner Gordon Schnell calling for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to step up its whistleblower game.  It was prompted by the agency's recent release of its long-awaited rules governing the auto safety whistleblower program, which provides financial awards to whistleblowers for reporting auto safety...