South Carolina Attorney Says Whistleblowers Can Prevent Dangerous Off-Label...
Bert Louthian, a South Carolina attorney who focuses on whistleblower lawsuits, said today that he supports government inspectors who recently told lawmakers, according to Fox News, that more needs to...
View ArticleColumbia Lawyer Cautions Whistleblowers to Obtain Legal Help Before Moving...
Bert Louthian, a Columbia attorney who handles whistleblower cases, today expressed his dismay at a new survey that says employees who report misconduct are facing increased retaliation for doing so....
View ArticleWhistleblower Suit Against Mayo Clinic Leads to $1.2 Million Settlement
The Mayo Clinic has agreed to pay more than $1.2 million to settle a federal lawsuit claiming it billed the government for lab tests that it never performed. The U.S. Department of Justice said the...
View ArticleWhistleblower Questioned Guardrail Safety
When Joshua Harman decided to take on Trinity Highway Products LLC, questioning their redesign of a highway guardrail used on interstates across the United States, he was determined to expose what he...
View ArticleWhistleblowers: Unsung Heroes
Whistleblowers perform an important service in our society, especially as companies grow bigger, corporate financial statements grow murkier, and cheating sometimes generates little more than a cynical...
View ArticleNeeded Stat: Medicare Fraud Whistleblowers
Medicare fraud is a huge illegal business that costs all of us. In fact, scamming Medicare has become so lucrative that Nigerian and Russian mobsters have gotten involved. One New York crime “family”...
View ArticleBlowing the Whistle on Securities Fraud
One of the positives to arise from the 2008 financial crisis was the stiffening of regulations, and the protection of whistleblowers, regarding securities fraud, with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform...
View ArticleSEC Whistleblower Tips Have Taken Off
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released its annual accounting to Congress regarding the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program. The latest report disclosed a 30 percent rise in...
View ArticleNo Whistleblower Protections for Congressional Staffers
You’d think that Congress would take care of its own. When it comes to benefits, it seems as if they always do. So it might astonish you to know that, of all the classes of people protected by...
View ArticleWhistleblower Recoveries Topped $3.5 Billion in 2015
Settlements and judgments from cases involving fraud and false claims brought under the False Claims Act (FCA) totaled more than $3.5 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2015. That makes four years in a row...
View ArticleGetting Taken for a Ride
When you think of Medicare fraud, ambulance services might not come to mind. After all, in a life-threatening situation, you’re going to call 911 for an ambulance. You’re not going to think about...
View ArticleA Dramatic Upswing of Whistleblower Disclosures by VA Employees
Whistleblower cases involving the Veterans Administration (VA) took a significant upturn in fiscal year 2015, according to the Office of Special Counsel (OSC). Although it is small—with only 140...
View ArticleRecent False Claims Act Wins in South Carolina
On December 3, 2015, the District of South Carolina’s U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that it had collected over $7 million during fiscal year 2015 for U.S. taxpayers in various criminal and civil...
View ArticleMedicare Whistleblowers Split $3.5 Million
Two whistleblowers—a cardiac nurse and a healthcare consultant—are sharing more than $3.5 million, which is their portion of a $23 million qui tam False Claims Act settlement. The case, which was...
View ArticleSC Student Loan Whistleblower Case Judgment of Over $9 Million
Educational loan abuse and fraud are starting to see their share of whistleblowers bringing cases under the False Claims Act (FCA). Student loans taken under dubious circumstances have become...
View ArticleMulti-Millions Medicare Fraud Takedown
In the largest series of arrests for Medicare fraud to date, 243 health care workers—including 46 doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals—were nabbed in a nationwide sweep. The...
View ArticleThe Latest Government Trends in Whistleblower Actions
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that, for all of fiscal year (FY) 2015, over $3.5 billion in settlements and judgments were obtained because of fraud cases against the government brought...
View ArticleCleaning Up the Environment—or Just Cleaning Up?
Environmental regulations are part of our lives, and rightly so. We need to keep from trashing our home, this planet, for ourselves and for future generations. A lot of time, effort, and money have...
View Article$34.8 Million Recovery for Alleged Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE Fraud
A sleep therapy products supplier, Respironics Inc., based in Pennsylvania, agreed to resolve charges of False Claims Act violations by paying $34.8 million because of a qui tam suit brought by a...
View ArticleMajor Cancer Care Provider to Pay $34.7 Million False Claims Settlement
Cancer is difficult enough to endure, with many uncomfortable procedures, without you or a loved one having to worry about undergoing unnecessary ones. But that’s exactly what it is alleged that 21st...
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