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New York Law Journal

Taft v. Agricultural Bank of China Ltd.

Bank Secrecy Act 'Whistleblower' Claim Survives In Suit Over Constructive Discharge by Bank
2 minute read

National Law Journal

SEC Awards Whistleblower $3.5 Million for Help in Ongoing Investigation

Before being awarded more than $3.5 million on Friday, the latest tipster to benefit from the Securities and Exchange Commission's whistleblower program was rebuffed. But SEC enforcement staff later provided additional information underscoring the whistleblower's significance to the investigation, according to the final order.
6 minute read

Law.com

Dismissal of False Claims Case Against Wells Fargo Affirmed

A lawsuit alleging Wells Fargo defrauded the government by being undercapitalized and making false statements when it borrowed from the Federal Reserve's discount window was rightly dismissed, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

When Law Firm Puffery Crosses the Line

Feel free to congratulate yourselves on your courtroom wins. But it's not OK to misrepresent what actually happened. A decision this week on the boundaries of law firm “self-promotion and puffery” by a California state court of appeals is fascinating--and wrong.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

OAG Seeks to Dismiss Former Agent's Whistleblower Suit

Attorneys for the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General have filed a motion to dismiss a former agent's whistleblower and First Amendment retaliation complaint against the office and several of its employees, including Chief of Staff Jonathan Duecker.
11 minute read

Corporate Counsel

In Wake of Kickback Case, Olympus Fills Senior Level Positions

Olympus Corp. has promoted the top lawyer and top compliance officer at its U.S. division just weeks after the subsidiary reached a $623 million settlement.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Supreme Court Hears Argument on Scope of False Claims Act

Companies doing business with the government are facing an unprecedented increase in liability risk as federal authorities and individual whistleblowers aggressively use the federal False Claims Act to allege an array of frauds on a broad range of government programs.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Feds Settle Medicare False Claims Case for $1.9 Million

A Toccoa medical clinic and two dermatologists who practice there have agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle whistleblower claims that they fraudulently billed Medicare, the U.S. attorney in Atlanta announced Monday.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

$1.1M Deal Settles Pain Clinic Whistleblower Case

West Palm Beach lawyers and the U.S. attorney's office negotiated a $1.1 million whistleblower settlement with a pain clinic accused of Medicare fraud.
2 minute read

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