Whistleblower Law Insights

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that doctors receiving  gifts from pharmaceutical companies were more likely to prescribe opioids. The study undertook a...

The False Claims Act has been celebrated as one of the US government’s most effective tools for fighting fraud and holding fraudsters accountable. The law hinges on the initiative of whistleblowers,...

A recently unsealed lawsuit against Mantech, a large government contractor, shows the potential of the False Claims Act to enforce employment protections designed to prevent modern-day indentured servitude....

Professional cyclists tend to round their corners. Not just the literal ones, as Lance Armstrong demonstrated, but the metaphorical ones too. Most people know that Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour...

A recent round of indictments shows the federal government is going beyond pharma company executives and sales personnel in its efforts to hold individuals accountable for their roles in contributing to...

Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie and whistleblower Brendan Delaney took to the stage this week in Las Vegas to talk about a law that’s recently become a major talking point across the Health...

The Supreme Court’s decision this week in Digital Realty Trust Inc. v. Somers to limit Dodd-Frank whistleblower protections not only hurts whistleblowers, but their employers as well, according to two...

The California False Claims Act, the oldest state false claims “qui tam” statute modeled on the federal False Claims Act, has shown once again its strength and efficacy in rooting out wrongdoing, this...

Whistleblowers have once again proven to be the government’s strongest weapon in the fight against fraud. Of the $3.7 billion recovered by the federal government in fiscal year 2017 through False Claims...

A whistleblower case that settled last week reinforced an important principle for holding government contractors accountable under the False Claims Act for fraud. Government contractors that request payment...