False Claims Act

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• New SEC Whistleblower Rewards and Whistleblower Protections Approved by House Committee--But Improvements Are Needed

  
  Whistleblower Lawyer Blog — Authority: 106
  Since the Madoff and Stanford schemes proved ruinous to so many investors, many have asked why the SEC has no meaningful "whistleblower" program to expose wrongdoing, a topic we have written about previously . Perhaps Harry Markopolis voice is finally being heard, albeit faintly. Last week, the House Financial ...
  4 days ago

• Why Push Planned Parenthood?

  
  Lynn v. Sekulow — Authority: 110
  I knew you were a staunch supporter of Planned Parenthood, but theres one comment in your response that really has stunned me.  And, thats not easy to do.  I cant believe that you really believe that it is "morally outrageous...
  1 week ago

• The Next Big Thing In False Claims Act Litigation

  
  Whistleblower Protection Blog — Authority: 123
  “Securities fraud,” said the state official and with that about 20 attorneys, all experts in False Claims Act litigation, fell off their chairs. We were in a small room, down the hall in the last break out session of the annual meeting of False Claims Act attorneys sponsored by Taxpayers Against Fraud .  Most ...
  1 week ago

• (almost) Breaking News – Trial date set for Rigsby Qui Tam

  
  slabbed — Authority: 479
  My computer broke before I could post the breaking news (hence the “almost”).  $%#&  Now, I’m broke; $%#&  However, Sop (and everyone else who saw the Katrina survivor I typed on until today) will tell you that I’ve needed a new computer at least as long as he’s known me. I’ve got one ...
  2 weeks ago

• New ‘‘Health Care Fraud Enforcement Act of 2009’’ Includes Health Care Whistleblower Provisions Aimed at Kickbacks

  
  Whistleblower Lawyer Blog — Authority: 106
  The battle against those who steal taxpayer dollars through Medicare fraud and other health care fraud took a step forward this week. The Senate is now considering the "Health Care Fraud Enforcement Act," which will enhance the governments tools used to investigate and remedy Medicare and Medicaid fraud. After a ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Four Greatest Risks of a Fraud or False Claims Act Suit against Pharmaceutical Companies

  
  Corporate Compliance Insights — Authority: 421
  By Joel Hesch, Liberty UniversityThe government has honed in on three primary areas where it alleges that a pharmaceutical company commits fraud. In addition, there is an emerging new area, adulterated products, where the DOJ is beginning to investigate and just may be the next huge compliance risk. (This is only a ...
  2 weeks ago

• No Halloween Outcry; Concern Over Use of Taxpayer Funds

  
  Lynn v. Sekulow — Authority: 110
  Barry, we dont get a lot of calls about Halloween.  Over the years, its not something we hear much about.  And this year is no exception.  What we are hearing about from a lot of folks, though, is the continued...
  2 weeks ago

• Health Care Fraud Strike Force Targets Medicare and Medicaid Fraud

  
  Whistleblower Lawyer Blog — Authority: 106
  With the nations health care costs growing, a DOJ and HHS initiative to combat health care fraud continues to show progress. Building on past enforcement efforts, in May 2009 the government announced its Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT), as part of what is now a Cabinet-level battle ...
  2 weeks ago

• New False Claims Act Amendments Strengthen Enforcement of Health Care Fraud and Procurement Fraud Laws

  
  Whistleblower Lawyer Blog — Authority: 106
  Defrauding the government of taxpayer dollars has gotten tougher over the past five months. Important changes to the nations primary anti-fraud statute, the False Claims Act , took effect on May 20, 2009, when the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 became law. Among the most significant changes, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Whistleblower advocate groups urge US Dept of Justice to review Birkenfeld sentence

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 449
  Geneva, Switzerland and Washington, DC (GenevaLunch) - US Attorney General Eric Holder is being urged to review the case of Bradley Birkenfeld, the former UBS banker whose testimony was instrumental in the US government’s case of tax fraud against the Swiss bank. Birkenfeld was sentenced in August 2009 to 40 months ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Press Register Picks up Coverage of Ex Rel Branch: Slabbed gets a link

  
  slabbed — Authority: 479
  Kudos and props to Nowdy as all that time and hard work she put in reorganizing our legal pages has been recognized in the media.  Jeff Amy has the story for the Mobile Press Register: Pilot Catastrophe Services Inc. has been dismissed from a federal lawsuit in New Orleans that claims insurers overbilled the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Federal District Court Judge offers tutorial Part Deux: Judge Sarah Vance Educates Insurers about Federal Court Jurisdiction in False Claims Act Cases – A Branch Qui Tam Update

  
  slabbed — Authority: 479
  The long and short of Judge Vance’s latest order in the Branch Qui Tam case is LETS GET IT ON BECAUSE THIS BABY IS HEADED TO TRIAL. In a 69 page order and reasons Judge Vance lays out a well reasoned legal opinion with only one hiccup for the plaintiff’s which we find on page 54: Pilot Catastrophe Services, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Federal Flood Coverage, A Love Story

  
  slabbed — Authority: 479
  * Bam Bam readers, astute observers they are, will readily detect that certain events in the “Story” are dramatized for effect, including the anonymous dialogues below. State Farm Corporate Headquarters In August 2005, the month of Katrina, headquarters in Bloomington was bedlam. For all its awesome ...
  6 weeks ago

• Judge Senter sends State Farm engraved invitiation to produce documents in Rigsby qui tam for his review

  
  slabbed — Authority: 479
  In the meanwhile, so I may know the outer limits of the potential claims involved in this action, I will require State Farm to submit, in camera, a list containing the name of the insured, the address of the property, and the amount of flood insurance paid, for all SFIP claims that meet the following criteria… ...
  8 weeks ago

• Rigsbys answer State Farm counterclaim

  
  slabbed — Authority: 479
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  8 weeks ago

• You go girls – Rigsbys answer State Farm’s counterclaim

  
  slabbed — Authority: 479
  Relators deny that information about a criminal enterprise and rampant fraud against the United States taxpayer is in any way commercially sensitive, confidential, or private information. Now do u c it? As someone with no law degree writing about Katrina litigation, I’ve often thought of the litigation ...
  8 weeks ago

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