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
Recidivist medical device maker and law violator Medtronic busted again. All the more reason why it's crucial for whistleblowers to report fraud in medical device industry.
The SEC today announced a potentially game-changing enforcement action - "The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced its first ever enforcement action
"Mr. Rorie was recruiting homeless people, prosecutors said, and whoever had a valid Medicaid card would be packed into a van and sent to medical clinics around New
Even the government of China recognizes the benefit of creating incentives for whistleblowers to report on corruption globally. The Chinese government says it will share
We can learn more than just hockey from our great neighbors to the north. Treating corporate criminals more like we treat other criminals is a step in the right direction
Fraudulent schemes targeting the most vulnerable are the most appalling. Whistleblowers who know about this kind of fraud perpetrated by broker-dealers and
Like all emergent fields of commerce, where comes trade so comes fraud. Digital currency represents yet another daunting area of understanding and enforcement for
Market manipulation, broadly understood, poisons our marketplace through its many disguises. Exchange rate manipulation is particularly devious, corrupting benchmarks relied
These cases are not easy for prosecutors. Kudos to those officials willing to take a case with challenges to a jury. Companies do not commit tax fraud, people do. When acting
Research confirms what common sense tells USA whistleblowers (like other witnesses) are often indispensable to the investigation and prosecution of a fraud case