Whistleblower News From The Inside — December 9, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Government recovers over $3.5 billion in False Claims Act recoveries for FY 2015 – The Justice Department’s annual release of False Claims Act data shows once again that health care fraud is the biggest slice of this fraud-recovery pie.  The National Law Review

Starz strikes back against former executive turned whistleblower – The media company has filed a motion to dismiss Keno Thomas’ wide-ranging allegations about falsifying revenue and subscriber numbers and the company’s involvement in the failed Comcast – Tim Warner merger.  Hollywood Reporter

Whistleblower retaliation lawsuit against Morgan Stanley dismissed – A Tennessee judge ruled that a former employee was not protected under the False Claims Act, Dodd-Frank, or Sarbanes-Oxley anti-retaliation protections because he filed complaints with the wrong federal agencies and did not allege fraud against the government.  Justia

Bollinger Shipyards settles False Claims Act lawsuit for $8.5 million – The company agreed to the payment to resolve allegations that it sold patrol boats to the Coast Guard that would buckle and fail when launched into service.  DOJ

Tax whistleblower cases growing fast – Taxpayers Against Fraud head Patrick Burns explains how cases under the relatively recent IRS whistleblower provisions are being filed at a rate faster than False Claims Act cases were during that statute’s early days.  Corporate Crime Reporter

Age of the whistleblower? – The Economist hosts a 12-minute podcast on the state of whistleblowing today.  The Economist