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U.S. joins whistleblower lawsuit against Renal Care Group

U.S. joins whistleblower lawsuit against Renal Care Group The United States has intervened in a whistleblower suit accusing Renal Care Group (“RCG”) and Renal Care Group Supply Company (“RCGSC”), wholly owned subsidiaries of Fresenius, of fraudulently billing Medicare for supplies and equipment provided to End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients who received dialysis treatments at...
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Whistleblower Client Rewarded 50% for Reporting Cover-up

Maximum Recovery as Whistleblower Client Rewarded 50% of Fine As a result of a Whistleblower complaint filed by James Legg of Anchorage, Alaska, on October 23, 2007, Polar Tankers, Inc., a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips, pled guilty to failure to maintain an oil record book aboard the T/V Polar Discovery, an 895 foot crude oil tanker...
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YLG Files Employee Class Action Suit Against Best Buy2

YLG Files Employee Class Action Suit Against Best Buy2 Employees Subjected to Off-the-Clock Security Searches & Missed Breaks PHILADELPHIA – Oct. 17, 2007 – Eric L. Young, Esq., filed a lawsuit in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on behalf of a class of current and former Best Buy employees alleging violations of Pennsylvania state labor...
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Fresenius Whistleblower: Judge Orders Def. to Pay $82 million

Fresenius Whistleblower: Judge Orders Def. to Pay $82 million Philadelphia, PA, May 26, 2011 – Egan Young, Attorneys-at-Law, has announced that United States District Judge William J. Haynes, Jr., awarded over $82 million to the United States government as the result of a qui tam case filed by Egan Young clients Julie Williams and Dr. John Martinez. (United...
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New York State Amends False Claims Act

New York is leading the way at preventing tax fraud at the state level becoming the first state to creates a reward for whistleblowers. The amendment to New York’s False Claims Act will provide for an award to the whistleblower so long as the defrauding taxpayer earns more than $1 million in annual net income...
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Pipe Manufacturer in Hot Qui Tam Water

Once again, another example of the limitless areas that can get a defendant into qui tam trouble: A whistleblower has accused pipe manufacturer JM Eagle (“World’s Largest Manufacturer of Plastic Pipe”) of falsifying test results concerning the quality of its products. The whistleblower, John Hendrix, claims that the company’s pipes have ruptured after one year...
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YLG Files Employee Class Action Suit Against Best Buy

YLG Files Employee Class Action Suit Against Best Buy PHILADELPHIA – Oct. 17, 2007 – Eric L. Young, Esq., filed a lawsuit in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on behalf of a class of current and former Best Buy employees alleging violations of Pennsylvania state labor laws. The lawsuit contends, among other things, that Pennsylvania...
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