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• Whistleblower Compensation Law Reviewed by Supreme Court

  
  AboutLawsuits.com — Authority: 525
  The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday about whether citizens can be compensated for bringing whistleblower lawsuits using information that was already publicly available. The case involves questions about whether provisions in the False Claims Act that bar whistleblowers from obtaining compensation ...
  2 days ago

• "UBS Tax Cheat To Demand Billions In Whistleblower Rewards"

  
  PointOfLaw Forum — Authority: 423
  Bizarrely overincentivizing stoolpigeonery, part CCLIX in a series. [ WSJ Law Blog , Business Insider ]
  5 days ago

• From Snitch to Rich? The Case of UBS’s Brad Birkenfeld

  
  WSJ.com: Law Blog — Authority: 721
  Brad Birkenfeld, a jailbird who led the DOJ to 14,000 tax-evading UBS clients, is claiming he deserves billions of dollars, via the federal whistleblower statute.
  1 week ago

• Judge Vance’s decision consistent with ABA analysis of Supreme Court’s Rockwell decision – a Branch qui tam update

  
  slabbed — Authority: 477
  A post on Insurance Law Hawaii (h/t CLS) sent me racing to the Branch qui tam docket thinking I’d missed an Order more recent than those I linked in taproot – digging out the fact on Branch qui tam. As it turned out, I had not.  Sop posted Judge Vance’s 69-page Order of October 19 in Judge Sarah Vance ...
  1 week ago

• taproot – digging out the fact of Branch qui tam

  
  slabbed — Authority: 477
  Taproots develop from the radicle of the seed, which forms the primary root. It produces branches called the secondary roots, and they in turn produce branches to form tertiary roots…very difficult to uproot – the plant itself gives way, but the root stays in the ground and may sprout again. Who better than ...
  1 week ago

• “How Litigators Tried to Sneak a Pet Earmark into Health Reform”

  
  Overlawyered — Authority: 621
  The Progressive Policy Institute (!) criticizes a provision almost snuck into the health-care bill that would have been a windfall for trial lawyers at the expense of the rest of us. Earlier and earlier on Overlawyered, which was the first to publicize the provision. Tags: Medicare , politics , qui tam , ...
  1 week ago

• Whoda’ thought it – Rooting out fraud and safeguarding taxpayers from illegal conduct are among the Justice Department’s highest priorities

  
  slabbed — Authority: 477
  The Justice Department announced Thursday that it had secured nearly $2 billion from lawsuits filed under the False Claims Act’s qui tam provisions in the year ending Sept. 30. And it promised to do more. Tony West, assistant attorney general for the civil division, said in a statement, “Rooting out fraud and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Biotech Can Sue Consultant Over Whistleblower Loss

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 587
  This may add a whole new wrinkle to whistleblower lawsuits. A federal appeals court gave Cell Therapeutics a green light to pursue a claim for nearly $23 million against a former consultant, the Associated Press reports. And the ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals creates a new interpretation of law ...
  2 weeks ago

• Now, about that document State Farm produced for Judge Senter in Rigsby qui tam

  
  slabbed — Authority: 477
  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… Let’s just cut to ...
  2 weeks ago

• New York Daily News and Reuters Missing Fundamentals in Reports of Scott Rothstein $1B "Structured Settlement" Scam

  
  Structured Settlements 4Real: What's Real in the Structured Settlements, Settlement Planning, Settlement Consulting and Litigation Recovery Management Space? — Authority: 430
  A New York Daily News article about the Scott Rothstein "structured settlement" Ponzi scheme demonstrates the continued laziness of reporters who fail to seek out qualified information sources about structured settlements, or even basic legal information. Its a disgrace. The New York Daily News published ...
  3 weeks ago

• On The Couch… Some Weekend Reading

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 587
  Such a busy pharma world and so little time to keep up, yes? Like you, we always poke around for items of interest, and so we thought we would point out a few you may enjoy from the past week. Think of it as a little bit of catching up. Meanwhile, we hope your weekend is enjoyable - a nice day for a ride in the ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Next Big Thing In False Claims Act Litigation

  
  Whistleblower Protection Blog — Authority: 112
  “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 ...
  4 weeks ago

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

  
  slabbed — Authority: 477
  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 ...
  5 weeks ago

• Yet Another Qui Tam Grand Slam

  
  WSJ.com: Law Blog — Authority: 721
  AstraZeneca on Thursday announced that it had reached a $520 million agreement to settle two federal investigations and two whistle-blower lawsuits over the sale and marketing of its blockbuster psychiatric drug Seroquel.
  5 weeks ago

• DOJ enlists help from Congress to fight healthcare fraud

  
  Whistleblower Law Blog — Authority:
  The DOJs Assistant Attorney General Tony West realizes that healthcare fraud is a serious issue that cant be fought alone.  Since 2009, he has led DOJs Civil Division and is requesting help from Congress to combat healthcare fraud. We applaud Assistant Attorney General Tony West for his efforts in admitting ...
  5 weeks ago

• Just a twig about Branch qui tam

  
  slabbed — Authority: 477
  Ordinarily, a Motion to appear Pro Hac Vice does not merit a mention, much less a post.  However, there is nothing ordinary about the appearance of a Susman Godfrey attorney for the plaintiffs in the Branch Consultants qui tam case. Founded in 1980, Susman Godfrey focuses its nationally recognized practice on ...
  5 weeks ago

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