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Importance of Whistleblowers

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Treble Damages Awarded in Medicare Whistleblower Case

Posted  02/21/20
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The Fifth Circuit upheld a 2018 lower court decision this week, finding defendant BestCare Laboratory Services, LLC and its owner Karim Maghareh liable for treble damages—to the tune of just over $30 million—under the False Claims Act. BestCare provided clinical testing services for nursing home residents, many of whom were Medicare beneficiaries. Rather than billing for a technician’s travel to and from the...

Tagged in: Court Decision, Defenses, FCA Federal, Importance of Whistleblowers, Laboratory and IDTF, Medical Billing Fraud, Medicare, Whistleblower Case,

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Catch of the Week: Guardian Elder Care

Posted  02/21/20
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This week's DOJ Catch of the Week goes to Guardian Elder Care.  On Wednesday, the operator of more than 50 nursing homes in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia agreed to pay roughly $15.5 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by billing the government -- Medicare and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program -- for medically unnecessary rehabilitation therapy services.  According to...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Home Health and Hospice, Importance of Whistleblowers, Improper Medical Facility, Improper Medical Personnel, Medical Billing Fraud, Pharma Fraud, SNF, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

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Constantine Cannon Law School Scholarship Recipients: Fifth Place Essay

Posted  02/20/20
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Constantine Cannon is delighted to share the essay that placed fifth in our first annual Scholarship Essay Writing Contest.  The contest asked entrants to discuss the importance of whistleblowers.  Our fifth place winner, Sahdia Khan, wrote about a whistleblower who inspired her, British Intelligence Specialist Katharine Gun.  As Ms. Khan writes, Gun, who exposed the United States’ top-secret request that Great...

Tagged in: Importance of Whistleblowers, Scholarship, Whistleblower Eligibility,

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A Different Way to Protect Congressional Whistleblowers

Posted  02/20/20
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Government whistleblowers have taken a beating these last few weeks, in particular at the hands of both President Trump and Senator Rand Paul in the course of the impeachment trial.  But whistleblowers may have some potent ways to fight back. First, throughout the short duration of the impeachment trial, Senator Rand Paul used his soapbox both in and out of Senate chambers to loudly proclaim the alleged name of...

Tagged in: Importance of Whistleblowers, Retaliation, Whistleblower Protection Laws,

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Constantine Cannon Client Featured in Australian Broadcasting Company Story on Boeing Culture and Safety Incidents

Posted  02/18/20
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Boeing manager-turned-whistleblower Ed Pierson, represented by Constantine Cannon whistleblower attorneys Eric Havian, Chris McLamb, and Leah Judge, was featured in an Australian Broadcasting Company story on Boeing’s 737 MAX crisis.  In the story, Mr. Pierson describes the production problems he witnessed at the plant where the 737 Max was produced and his concern that this troubling production environment may...

Tagged in: CC Lawyers, Importance of Whistleblowers, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Spotlight and Interviews,

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Whistleblower Law and Practice in the U.S. and Beyond – Gonzalez Speaks at Euro Latam Lex Conference

Posted  02/7/20
On February 6, 2020, Carolina Gonzalez of our London Office spoke at the VI International Congress of Euro Latam Lex in Washington, D.C.  This year’s edition focused on “Challenges in Compliance as we Enter the New ‘Roaring Twenties.’”  Carolina’s panel discussed key whistleblower reward programs in the US:  CFTC, SEC, IRS, and the False Claims Act, the expansion of similar programs in other...

Tagged in: CC Lawyers, Importance of Whistleblowers, International Whistleblowers,

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Top Ten Whistleblower Developments of 2019

Posted  02/6/20
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By any measure, 2019 was a Very Big Year for whistleblowers.  Our annual Top Ten lists identified 2019’s most significant financial recoveries by whistleblowers, as well as recoveries in enforcement actions at the federal and state level involving government procurement, healthcare, financial, tax, and other types of fraud.  But the numbers, as impressive as they are, can’t tell the full story of the impact that...

Tagged in: CFTC Whistleblower Reward Program, Cybersecurity and Data Breaches, FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Healthcare Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers, International Whistleblowers, Risk Adjustment Fraud, SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Top 10,

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London Events from the Constantine Cannon Whistleblowing Team

Posted  02/6/20
With the actions of whistleblowers regularly in the news, and media organizations considering issues about the role of whistleblowers, the Constantine Cannon London Whistleblower Team has continued to be an active voice in advocating for whistleblowers before many different audiences.  Among our recent events:

Mary Inman on Closed Circuit

On January 29, 2020, Partner Mary Inman was tapped to appear on the Closed...

Tagged in: CC Lawyers, Importance of Whistleblowers, International Whistleblowers,

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Constantine Cannon Hosts Event with Author Tom Mueller, Whistleblowers, and Advocate Groups to Discuss Why Whistleblowers Act

Posted  02/6/20
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Happy New Year! Constantine Cannon’s London Whistleblower Group started 2020 inaugurating a brand new office location and hosting a seminal event titled “The Whistleblower’s Dilemma: Seeking Truth in an Age of Fraud.”

A Common Pattern Driving Whistleblowers?

Partner Mary Inman opened up the evening chatting with Tom Mueller about his recent book Crisis of Conscience: Whistleblowing in an Age of Fraud,...

Tagged in: CC Lawyers, Importance of Whistleblowers, International Whistleblowers,

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Opioid Executive Sentenced to Over Five Years in Prison for Role in Healthcare Fraud Scheme

Posted  01/31/20
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Insys Therapeutics, an opioid manufacturer whose main product is Subsys, a spray from of fentanyl that is 100 times stronger than morphine and cost tens of thousands a month, is in the news again. The company and its former CEO, John Kapoor, have been facing a mountain of legal issues in the past three years. Last week, in a decision that most of our readers agree with, Kapoor was sentenced to 66 months in prison. 

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, Criminal Proceedings, FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers, Medicaid, Medicare, SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

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