Research confirms what common sense tells USA whistleblowers (like other witnesses) are often indispensable to the investigation and prosecution of a fraud case
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Medicare fraud committed by nursing homes, hospices and other long term care facilities is on the rise. Improper billing for services never rendered, or billing for services
Morgan Stanley said Wednesday that it has agreed to pay $2.6 billion to settle with the federal government over its role in the mortgage bubble and subsequent financial
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP today was named to the National Law Journal's prestigious Plaintiffs' Hot List for the eighth year. The award is given each year to law
The CFTC, like the SEC and many other government agencies, is fully entitled to utilize the administrative legal system for adjudication of its enforcement actions against
"The Securities and Exchange Commission is probing whether companies are muzzling corporate whistleblowers. In recent weeks the agency has sent letters to a number
"The Justice Department will "double down" on its efforts to prosecute individuals culpable for corporate crimes, the agency's acting No. 2 official said today. Speaking
"MetLife Home Loans LLC has agreed to pay the United States $123.5 million to resolve allegations that MetLife Bank N.A. (MetLife Bank) violated the False Claims Act
Ms. Fleischman's story is the story of many financial fraud whistleblowers. It is important to report on financial immediately. To do that effectively, whether as a whistleblower
It is said that the best way to prevent labor organizing is for a company to treat workers with respect and dignity, to pay them well and provide benefits they deserve. The
Whistleblower programs work. For those in corporate America who prefer that fraud go unrecognized and unreported, this development is not positive. So it comes as
Medicare and Medicaid fraud is ubiquitous in our health care system. The qui tam provision of the False Claims Act is a valuable tool for whistleblowers to use in
Starting in 2009, our client Kyle Lagow alerted the federal government to Countrywide's mortgage fraud scheme. Now, billions of dollars in settlements later, the
"(Reuters) - Ratings firm Standard & Poor's will pay $1.5 billion to resolve a series of lawsuits over its ratings on mortgage securities that soured in the run up to
Kickbacks by medical companies to medical providers as inducements to use their products are both unethical and illegal. Such conduct violates the Anti-Kickback
"The Division's whistleblower office takes in thousands of tips per year, generating a fresh stream of case leads that deserve investigation: In FY 2014, the Division
Violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act are investigated and prosecuted aggressively by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Whistleblowers play a vital
"The United States has settled a lawsuit brought by three whistleblowers that alleges a central Florida based dermatology practice with offices in Clermont and Sumterille
The health care marketplace requires the ever-vigilant policing of the Department of Justice and fraud whistleblowers. Using bribery to sell drugs is health care
Whether through retaliation or bribery, whistleblowers are frequently subjected to efforts by employers to silence the reporting of fraud. The hush money offered to
