By C. Ryan Barber | October 12, 2017
Debra Katz, counsel to longtime Weinstein executive, calls sex scandal a "tipping point."
By Kristen Rasmussen | October 10, 2017
A federal judge has dismissed the U.S. government's lawsuit alleging that UnitedHealth Group Inc. violated the False Claims Act by receiving inflated payments based on inaccurate information about the health status of Medicare beneficiaries in California. But he gave the government until Friday to amend the complaint.
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By David E. Schwartz and Risa M. Salins | October 5, 2017
In their Labor Relations column, David E. Schwartz and Risa M. Salins discuss recent decisions addressing what happens when an attorney uses confidential information to blow the whistle on a current or former client, and examine key considerations governing attorney conduct in whistleblower cases.
By Sue Reisinger | October 2, 2017
Forner Pepsico GC Maura Smith was subpoenaed by the SEC to discuss her severance agreement, but she did not initiate an SEC probe of the company, according to a source close to the investigation.
By Marcia Coyle | National Law Journal | September 29, 2017
Here's a snapshot of a handful of pending FCA cases and a significant, but different type of whistleblower issue under the Dodd-Frank Act that the justices have already agreed to decide.
By Marcia Coyle | September 28, 2017
Legal fees, pleading requirements and disputes over timing—the False Claims Act is providing the U.S. Supreme Court with myriad issues as companies and whistleblowers pitch the justices on cases to take for the new term. Time will tell if the justices are willing to bite. Here's a snapshot of several pending petitions.
By Greg Land | September 27, 2017
AnMed Health was accused of billing Medicare for radiation oncology services even when a qualified specialist was not available to assist and oversee the process, among other issues.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | September 25, 2017
A high-ranking public defender has sued the Defender Association of Philadelphia, claiming its leader demoted and chastised him for pointing out that a fellow attorney in the organization was representing hundreds of children without a law license.
By Jeremy H. Temkin | September 20, 2017
In his Tax Litigation Issues column, Jeremy H. Temkin writes that whistleblowing is alive and well at the IRS, but, while attorneys are not precluded from participating, attorneys need to be mindful of the strict interpretation of what it means for an attorney to "reasonably believe" a disclosure is necessary to prevent a client from committing a crime under New York professional conduct rules.
By Sue Reisinger | September 18, 2017
Whistleblower Aid, a nonprofit, nonpartisan law firm, will represent federal employees who want to reveal wrongdoing.
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