Whistleblower Law Insights

Navistar Defense LLC paid $50 million this week to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that alleged the military contractor used phony documents to justify overcharging the federal government for components...

The Securities and Exchange Commission is issuing SEC whistleblower awards at an unprecedented pace in fiscal year 2021, shattering previous records for the number and size of awards granted to securities...

Whistleblowers’ information has led to CFTC enforcement actions that now have totaled over $1 billion in monetary sanctions, underscoring the critical role whistleblowers play in stopping fraud and violations...

Upcoding of Medicare patient treatment appears to be a serious and widespread problem with hospital billing, a recent government report says, providing new urgency for whistleblowers to report fraudulent...

To bolster the Commodity Futures Trading Commission whistleblower program, US Sen. Chuck Grassley has introduced the CFTC Fund Management Act. The CFTC whistleblower program “has grown at a much faster...

Fraud involving Covid-related funds, electronic health records, opioid prescriptions and kickbacks, and cybersecurity contracts are among the top False Claims Act enforcement priorities for the US Department...

The Supreme Court today declined to review lower court rulings on two cases involving “qui tam” whistleblower cases brought under the False Claims Act, including one that involves the issue of whether...

The recent settlement by electronic health records vendor athenahealthcare shows how whistleblowers are continuing to play a key role in exposing EHR kickbacks and fraud. Athenahealthcare Inc. agreed to...

Whistleblowers once again led the charge in the government’s fight against fraud in fiscal year 2020, with “qui tam” cases initiated by whistleblowers securing over 70% of the government’s $2.2...

Tax whistleblower could receive rewards and protection from job retaliation under an amendment to the District of Columbia False Claims Act that the District Council passed this month. The tax whistleblower...