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National Law Journal

DOJ Focuses False Claims Enforcement on Health Care Industry, Lawyers Say

The agency's attention shifts from hospitals to telehealth as Congress seeks to aid in false claims enforcement.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

As US Treasury's Rulemaking on International Whistleblowers Looms, Lawyers Are Hungry for Certainty

"It's a transnational anti-corruption law … but where's the rule to protect internationals?" asked Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto founding partner Stephen M. Kohn.
6 minute read

Law.com

Real-Time Litigation: Salesforce Hit With Whistleblower Retaliation Suit as Former VP Accuses It of Lying About 'Genie's' Capabilities

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

US Treasury AML Whistleblower Program: An International Game Changer

In late December 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the AML Whistleblower Improvement Act that substantially ups the ante for both domestic and overseas financial services companies that have AML compliance and reporting obligations, including banks, branches, and agencies of foreign banks, securities broker-dealers, and insurance companies.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Whistleblower Lawsuit Leads to Government's $23.7M Settlement With Mortgage Co. to Resolve False Claims Allegations

U.S. Attorney Carla B. Freedman said in a statement that the agreement resolved allegations that Movement Mortgage failed to comply with material federal program requirements.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

First Department Appellate Court Allows Whistleblower Suit Against Archdiocese of New York to Proceed

The Appellate Division, First Department's decision allows a lawsuit to proceed with a claim for retaliatory discharge that has been lodged by a former residency coordinator who worked at a Bronx-based residency for Catholic priests.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York Greatly Expands Tax Whistleblower Law

Under an amendment recently signed into law, a whistleblower may now bring a case against an individual or entity which allegedly concealed or avoided and obligation to pay tax, regardless of whether a return or any other statement was filed.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Whistleblower Suit Leads to Doctor Paying $625K for Alleged False Claims Act Breaches

The whistleblower, Amy Vermillion, "brought a case [the government] never would have known about, [and the defendants] would have continued the fraud if it wasn't for her bringing this forward," said her lawyer, Mike Bothwell.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Attorneys Reach $9M Settlement for Whistleblower Claims the US Declined

'This case really shows that trend, that lawyers can make a difference through aggressively handling declined litigation,' Kang Haggerty's Kandis Kovalsky said.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

What's Inside the Lewis Brisbois Report? Law Firm at Heart of Ken Paxton Impeachment

The report claims it was Paxton's opinion that the complainants "were creating a toxic environment in the office," but that no one discussed firing them because of information provided to the FBI.
5 minute read

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