Whistleblower Law Insights

A healthcare provider’s false representation that treatment is medically necessary can be the basis for a False Claims Act case, even though it involves subjective judgment, the Ninth Circuit Court of...

Two of the most recent Securities and Exchange Commission whistleblower awards have gone to whistleblowers who contributed significantly to ongoing investigations. Unlike some whistleblower programs, the...

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau is asking Congress to create a whistleblower program that would offer rewards and confidentiality for whistleblowers who report violations of federal consumer finance...

In an effort to empower whistleblowers to pursue tax fraud and help California bridge its “tax gap” of unpaid taxes, California state officials are moving to incorporate tax fraud into the state’s...

Practice Fusion’s $145 million settlement with the Department of Justice this week signals that the government is continuing to scrutinize improper and illegal practices in the electronic health records...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is asking whistleblowers to help them stop spoofing in the commodities and derivatives markets. Spoofing is a crime that can be hard to detect without the help...

Whistleblowers continue to deliver the federal government’s most significant wins against fraud, with “qui tam” cases responsible for most of the $3.05 billion the government recovered from fraud-related...

Kickbacks by the pharmaceutical industry come in many forms. One of the latest twists in pharma kickbacks involves patient assistance foundations conspiring with drug manufacturers to increase manufacturers’...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is reconsidering whether to adopt proposed new rules for the SEC whistleblower program that could have a significant impact on the program by limiting whistleblower...

Recent scandals involving two of the “Big Four” accounting firms have added weight to the need for a robust program to encourage whistleblowers to provide the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board...