Whistleblower News From The Inside -- November 29, 2017

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Supreme Court Appears Set to Limit Protections for Company Whistleblowers – “Supreme Court justices on Tuesday sounded ready to bar whistleblowers from suing companies for illegal retaliation under a 2010 law if they’ve only reported wrongdoing internally, and not to the Securities and Exchange Commission.” LA Times

New U.S. Incentive for Companies to Self-Report Bribes: No Penalty at All – “The Justice Department is extending an Obama-era program that encourages companies to admit to foreign bribery, with a twist: Coming clean could result not only in a reduced penalty but in some cases none at all.” Bloomberg

Cardiology Clinic and Doctors Settle FCA Claims for $1.2 Million – “Cardiovascular Consultants Heart Center (CVC Heart Center), a cardiology clinic with offices in Fresno and Clovis, and its shareholder physicians-Dr. Kevin Boran, Dr. Michael Gen, Dr. Rohit Sundrani, Dr. Donald Gregory, and Dr. William Hanks-will pay $1.2 million to resolve federal and state False Claims Act allegations that they improperly performed and billed federal and state health care programs for medically unnecessary cardiovascular diagnostic procedures, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.” DOJ