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Question of the Week — Should the Medicare Fraud Hotline or HHS OIG Reward Informants?

Posted 06/7/19

Opioid manufacturer Insys Therapeutics agreed to a $225 million settlement related to allegations that it unlawfully marketed its drug Subsys and paid kickbacks to providers through “speaker programs” that rewarded providers who prescribed Subsys. We previously asked whether our readers thought CEOs should be more liable for corporate wrongdoing after the Insys CEO was convicted for participating in a criminal...

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers, Medicare, Question of the Week, Reporting to Government, Whistleblower Rewards,

Ted Siedle is the rare SEC whistleblower who allows us to put a face to the name.

Posted 05/24/19

After two years of waiting, the recipient of what was the largest whistleblower award to date under the SEC Whistleblower Program when it was first announced in 2017, was finally paid by the SEC. This week, he received his share of a $50 million reward to two whistleblowers for exposing conflicts of interest at JP Morgan that led to a $267 million fine by the SEC. Last year, the whistleblower also received $30 million...

Tagged in: Anonymity, CFTC Whistleblower Reward Program, Importance of Whistleblowers, SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Whistleblower Rewards,

Question of the Week — Did the Flint Jury Get it Right in Natasha Henderson’s Whistleblower Retaliation Case?

Posted 05/16/19

In yet another chapter of Flint, Michigan’s ongoing water crisis saga, a jury sided with the city and against its former City Administrator, Natasha Henderson, in a whistleblower retaliation case regarding water crisis donations. Henderson alleged she was fired by Mayor Karen Weaver for questioning Weaver’s use of the donations. Weaver claimed she fired Henderson after she learned Henderson was warned of a...

Tagged in: Importance of Whistleblowers, Question of the Week, What Would You Do?,

CFTC Makes Another Whistleblower Award

Posted 05/10/19

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On Monday, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a whistleblower award of roughly $1.5 million. It is the latest in a string of whistleblower awards from an agency that has made it very clear that after a slow start in implementing its whistleblower program it is finally open for whistleblower business. CFTC Enforcement Director James McDonald could not have been more direct on this point:...

Tagged in: CFTC Whistleblower Reward Program, Importance of Whistleblowers, SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Whistleblower Eligibility, Whistleblower Rewards,

DOJ to Corporate America — Embrace the Whistleblower

Posted 05/9/19

In a clear push to companies to tighten up their internal compliance efforts, the DOJ Criminal Division recently announced a remake of the agency's guidelines for corporate compliance programs. The document, titled "The Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs," updates a previous version of the guidelines and is designed to provide more insight and context into the steps DOJ expects companies to take to ensure...

Tagged in: CFTC Whistleblower Reward Program, Importance of Whistleblowers, SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Whistleblower Rewards,

Catch of the Week — Pharmaceutical Company Allegedly Bribed Doctors with Trips to the Kentucky Derby

Posted 05/8/19

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A recent settlement between the Department of Justice and US WorldMeds (“USWM”), show how creative, and how luxurious, kickbacks allegedly paid to physicians can be. The company, a pharmaceutical manufacturer, agreed to pay $17.5M to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to patients and doctors by boosting sales of two of their drugs, Apokyn (a drug used to treat Parkinson’s...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, Catch of the Week, Importance of Whistleblowers, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

The Latest on Cryptocurrency, Offshore Tax Avoidance and Money-Laundering, and Whistleblowing: A Report from OffshoreAlert Miami 2019

Posted 05/3/19

Hanging Hundred Dollar Bills on Clothes Line

“A diverse collection of the hunters and the hunted.” That’s how the Wall Street Journal described the OffshoreAlert Conference in 2009. The 2019 conference was no different, bringing together those who work in the offshore industry, the government enforcers who try to stop the unscrupulous among them, and the asset recovery professionals who pursue lost funds. Alongside them were whistleblowers and their...

Tagged in: CFTC Whistleblower Reward Program, Cryptocurrency, Financial and Investment Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers, IRS Whistleblower Reward Program, Market Manipulation and Trading Violations, Money Laundering, Ponzi Schemes, SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Securities Fraud, Tax Fraud,

How to Choose the Best Whistleblower Attorney for You

Posted 04/22/19

This post was last updated on February 10, 2020

5 Key Factors to Evaluate When Searching for a Top Whistleblower Law Firm to Take Your Case

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Click for full size image[/caption] Whistleblowers are courageous men and women who come forward to disclose information that helps expose wrongdoing. Reporting unlawful behavior or injustice is never an...

Tagged in: CC Lawyers, Importance of Whistleblowers, Whistleblower Answers, Whistleblower Rewards,

Survival Guide for Whistleblowers

Posted 04/16/19

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Last week, three of the most prominent organizations dedicated to protecting and educating whistleblowers announced the launch of a whistleblower survival guide. Actually, it is an update to a guide these groups – Project on Government Oversight (POGO), Government Accountability Project (GAP) and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) – published roughly 20 years ago as a resource for...

Tagged in: Importance of Whistleblowers, Whistleblower Protection Laws,

Maryland State Senate Introduces a Bill to Establish a Natural Resources Whistleblower Program

Posted 02/15/19

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In a time of increasing concern about climate change and environmental destruction, one state is ramping up efforts to conserve natural resources and encourage everyday citizens to join the fight. Just last week, the Maryland State Senate introduced a bill to establish a Natural Resources Whistleblower Program to assist enforcement activities related to the protection of state parks, water, forests, and land. The...

Tagged in: Environmental Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers,

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Importance of Whistleblowers

Question of the Week — Should the Medicare Fraud Hotline or HHS OIG Reward Informants?

Ted Siedle is the rare SEC whistleblower who allows us to put a face to the name.

Question of the Week — Did the Flint Jury Get it Right in Natasha Henderson’s Whistleblower Retaliation Case?

CFTC Makes Another Whistleblower Award

DOJ to Corporate America — Embrace the Whistleblower

Catch of the Week — Pharmaceutical Company Allegedly Bribed Doctors with Trips to the Kentucky Derby

The Latest on Cryptocurrency, Offshore Tax Avoidance and Money-Laundering, and Whistleblowing: A Report from OffshoreAlert Miami 2019

How to Choose the Best Whistleblower Attorney for You

Survival Guide for Whistleblowers

Maryland State Senate Introduces a Bill to Establish a Natural Resources Whistleblower Program

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