By Riley Brennan | February 3, 2025
The court determined the plaintiff, an EMT, qualified as a health care provider under the state's Health Care Worker Whistleblower statute.
By David Chase and Scott Silver | February 3, 2025
The Trump administration will likely impact the SEC whistleblower program in terms of a change in its enforcement priorities, as well as the amounts of financial bounties paid, but will not, in our opinion, threaten its existence given bi-partisan support or alter its core functions.
By Thomas W. Simcoe and Delaney M. R. Knapp | January 31, 2025
The article is a look at lessons learned and best practices from 10 years (plus a little more) since the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law was amended to add a whistleblower policy requirement, based on our work with hundreds of clients that have a adopted them, and a smaller subset that have had to undertake investigations in response to whistleblower reports.
By Chris O'Malley | January 24, 2025
"While the jury is still out on whether the DOJ's whistleblower awards pilot program will lead to more employees skipping over internal organizational hotlines to report directly to the DOJ and other agencies, some organizations should be concerned," said Laura Jacobus, executive director of ethics, compliance and training at Mitratech.
By Adolfo Pesquera | December 30, 2024
Against the will of the state of Texas, three Medicaid fraud whistleblowers were awarded more than $37 million, their share of a $212.3M settlement.
By Lara Shalov Mehraban and Simona Suh and Philip DeVoe | December 18, 2024
A discussion of how U.S. regulators and law enforcement have increasingly embraced whistleblower programs as a tool for investigating and prosecuting corporate misconduct, with a highly successful program at the SEC and a new program rolled out by the Department of Justice earlier this year.
By Trudy Knockless | November 25, 2024
“Setting realistic expectations from the start is critical. Investigations often take longer than anticipated, and managing those expectations makes a big difference,” Verizon counsel Avery Pollard said at a recent conference.
By Adolfo Pesquera | November 22, 2024
A Dallas law firm secured a $2.75 million verdict for a whistleblower that also exposes the defendant to federal fine of up to $300 million.
National Law Journal | Commentary
By Joel Cohen and Zach Williams | November 7, 2024
As the Department of Justice slowly turns away from enforcement of pandemic-era fraud, as a round of legal changes are occurring or are imminent, and as new modalities and forms of finance continue to develop within the industry, the coming years promise to shift the terrain on the compliant marketing and delivery of health services.
By Jimmy Hoover | November 4, 2024
Wisconsin Bell argued reimbursement requests under the program are not "claims" for federal funds because the reimbursements are paid out of money collected from the industry.
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