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"Next week's hearing will examine the False Claims Act's success, but also what more can be done to prevent, detect, and eliminate false claims costing taxpayer dollars, while ensuring fair and just results. Meritless cases hurt the cause of whistleblowers everywhere. This hearing will explore ways of improving how we root out fraud."

The Dodd-Frank whistleblower programs of the SEC and the CFTC include significant protections for anonymity. A whistleblower can submit his or her complaint anonymously and both agencies will go to great lengths to protect that anonymity in perpetuity. But it is not a guarantee. Put simply, these whistleblower programs cannot guarantee anonymity because there are times where the SEC or CFTC must disclose the identity of a whistleblower. Those cases are the exception, and not the rule.

"By providing robust financial incentives and enhanced protections to whistleblowers, the Commission incentivizes people to come forward with high quality information about serious violations of the law that we might not otherwise uncover. An award this size shows the importance that the Commission places on incentivizing future whistleblowers."

Hagens Berman's Whistleblower Team compiles relevant whistleblower headlines in today's news. A potential Medicaid funding fix that's being overlooked | Grassley Fixes to IRS Whistleblower Treatment, Taxpayer Rights Improvements Win Key Committee Approval | LuxLeaks whistleblower trial to begin in Luxembourg | NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden Is Suing Norway To Prevent Extradition To US

In 2008, the U.S. economy went into free fall. Millions of homeowners lost their most valued possession. Long-standing financial behemoths were brought down. The old adage is that lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place but this well-known myth has long been debunked.

In recent news, The Economist dubbed our present time the "Age of the Whistleblower." While it may appear to be dawning on some corporate giants that it would behoove them to listen to

Combating the growing avalanche of health care fraud in our state and across the country requires using the right law enforcement tools. One of the most useful tools in the battle against health care fraud is the Washington Medicaid False Claims Act.

Picture the stereotypical Wild West duel – high noon, town square, two sides. Sheriff v. Outlaw. While John Wayne and classic Westerns may have overplayed this iconic American scene

On Aug. 4, 2015, the SEC issued guidelines clarifying who benefits from SEC whistleblower anti-retaliation protection. The clarification was needed because the whistleblower statutes in the recently enacted Dodd-Frank Act are perceived by some as sufficiently ambiguous as to create

Wyoming Medical Center will pay the federal government $2.7 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the Casper hospital submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare. Gale Bryden

Federal employees who expose fraud, waste and abuse would receive greater protection against retaliation under legislation approved unanimously by the House. The

National plaintiffs' law firm announces tenth office, expanded California presence Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, a Seattle-based law firm representing plaintiffs in high-profile class actions and complex litigation today announced the opening of a new office in San Diego, marking its tenth

Medicare and Medicaid fraud is by far the largest area of abuse and enforcement under the False Claims Act. It's an outrage that a company would bill the

"A federal appeals court decided to leave in place a ruling that restricts the scope of insider-trading prosecutions, setting the stage for additional convictions to

Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., visited Hagens Berman's Seattle office on Aug. 3, 2015 to discuss gun control. Congresswoman Giffords, who was shot

Nine months after an investigation into a security breach at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Channel 2 Action News has obtained shocking new images

A look back at how whistleblowers have benefited from Dodd-Frank since 2010 The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act became U.S. law on July

In a victory for whistleblowers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in an en banc decision this month reversed a central holding in the long-standing precedent U.S.

This was a mistaken law that was on the books for a long time and served as a huge deterrent. The Wang decision has led to potentially millions of dollars in government fraud

Warning! Companies that commit fraud and their attorneys are now fighting back against whistleblowers with more frequency and aggression. While laws against retaliation