Massive Medicare Advantage Fraud Lawsuit Unveiled Against UnitedHealth
Medicare Advantage Fraud Lawsuit The United States has joined a lawsuit brought by whistleblowers under the False Claims Act accusing UnitedHealth Group of bilking Medicare
International Whistleblower Rewards See Boost
We are seeing more movement on the payment of whistleblower rewards internationally. Nigeria and Korea have been paying rewards recently and Australia continues to consider
DOE Delays Whistleblower Protection Rule
The Department of Energy recently announced in the Federal Register a 60 day stay of its new regulation permitting civil penalties against contractors and subcontractors
IRS Dirty Dozen Tax Scams for 2017
The Internal Revenue Service is just over halfway done releasing its list of tax scams for 2017. The Dirty Dozen list has been an annual
Rising Costs of Retaliation Against Whistleblowers
Firing whistleblowers for informing the government about corporate activities has been standard practice at many businesses for a long time. That practice may be changing
FCPA Enforcement in 2017
The end of the Obama Administration was one of the busiest in the resolution of government investigations ever. The SEC and DOJ wrapped up nine
IRS Whistleblower Awards Up Big in FY 2016
In the 10th year since the creation of Internal Revenue Code section 7623(b), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Program issued 418 awards totaling more than
Deeper Insights into Government Enforcement Under Trump Administration
It was an interesting week on government enforcement as the Obama Administration is closing out its term with fines against auto industry manufacturers VW ($4.3
Study: Whistleblowers Deter Wrongdoing
A study of whistleblower retaliation cases at 317 public companies in the United States out of the University of Iowa has concluded that businesses that have had a
OSHA Guidelines: Protecting Whistleblowers from Retaliation
Last week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration offered a set of recommendations for employers to create retaliation-free workplaces. The guidance is directed at employers
A $4 Billion Fine for Volkswagen
A $4 Billion Fine for Volkswagen Reuters is reporting that Volkswagen AG and the Justice Department are near an agreement to resolve criminal and civil
Whistleblower Retaliation: A Turning Point in 2016?
The Prevalence of Whistleblower Retaliation The prevalence of retaliation by corporations against whistleblowers has been well documented. Not only does it serve to punish those
False Claims Act Yields $519 Million for Whistleblowers in FY2016
False Claims Act Helps Recover $4.7 Billion The Justice Department announced the third highest annual recovery in the history of the False Claims Act yesterday
5 Areas Where President Trump Will Pay Whistleblowers
President Trump Will Pay Whistleblowers There has already been much commentary on the impact that President Trump and his administration will have on government enforcement
One Year Later, No NHTSA Whistleblower Rules Announcement
No NHTSA Whistleblower Rules Yet When Congress passed the Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act as part of the FAST Act last December, it gave the
Permanent Whistleblower Protections for Federal Contractors
Permanent Whistleblower Protections A bill sponsored by Senator Claire McCaskill to make permanent a pilot program applying whistleblower protections to contractors, subcontractors, grant recipients, and
Supreme Court Upholds Insider Trading Conviction in Salman
The Supreme Court issued its decision in Salman v. United States today, the first insider trading case to reach the Justices in more than 20 years. The
Supreme Court: District Court has Discretion on False Claims Act Seal Violations
The Supreme Court upheld a verdict for two whistleblowers in its opinion today in State Farm v. U.S. ex rel. Rigsby despite a violation of the False Claims