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New York Law Journal

Proposed Reform to New York’s Anti-SLAPP Laws May Bring Big Changes

As it now stands, New York’s anti-SLAPP law is one of the narrowest in the country, and some legislators want to change that.
11 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Kasowitz Seals Win for Marine Who Warned of Terror Attack—and Was Punished

2016, you might recall, was a year where using personal email to send classified government information loomed large (cough, Hillary)—but this case was over the top.
3 minute read

Law.com

Judge Tosses Another Whistleblower Suit Against For-Profit Law School Chain

Allegations that InfiLaw Corp.'s law schools skirted federal student loan rules and deceived students are too vague to move forward in court, a federal judge has ruled.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Third Circuit Won't Let Entire Controversy Doctrine Derail Qui Tam Suit

The appeals court said allowing the underlying decision to stand would encourage potential False Claims Act defendants to "smoke out" whistleblower lawsuits.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

DC Whistleblower Bar Awaits Movement on MSPB

Despite symbolic moves from Congress, whistleblower lawyer Stephen Kohn says threats to government and corporate tipsters abound.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Sets 'Very Low' Bar for Government's Dismissal of Gilead Qui Tam Case

U.S. District Judge Edward Chen said the level of scrutiny he would give to the government’s decision to ask to dismiss the case seeking hundreds of millions of dollars was “very low.”
5 minute read

The Recorder

Qui Tam Plaintiff Facing Dismissal Bid From Feds in Gilead Case

Lawyers with the DOJ's Civil Division and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California are asking a San Francisco judge to dismiss a long-running lawsuit bringing claims that hundreds of millions of dollars in government funds were spent on adulterated HIV drugs.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Blowing the Whistle (Part 2): A Primer on the SEC's Whistleblower Program

The SEC and CFTC whistleblower programs were created only in 2010 through the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act).
7 minute read

The Recorder

Evolving Whistleblower Immunity Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016

This May marked the three-year anniversary of the Defend Trade Secrets Act. While the prohibitions against trade secret misappropriation created by the DTSA have been well vetted since the Act's inception, less frequently discussed is the immunity granted under the Act to certain individuals who might expose trade secrets: whistleblowers.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Justice Department, 6 Whistleblowers Win $1.4B Settlement With Opioid Maker

The U.S. Department of Justice said the Reckitt Benckiser Group also entered a nonprosecution agreement to resolve potential criminal charges. The settlement included the U.K.-based group and its subsidiary in New Jersey, Reckitt Benckiser LLC.
4 minute read

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