Whistleblower Law Insights

The United States Supreme Court has granted cert in the case of Allison Engine Company, Inc. et. al. v. United States ex rel Roger Sanders, Supreme Court Docket No. 07-214. Defendants, including the General...

In what qui tam lawyers say is an unusual development, the whistleblower who exposed a fraudulent drug marketing scheme at Cell Therapeutics may receive nothing as his relator’s share. Justice Department...

Reuters reports that in an October 22, 2007 posting that Medicare fraud is a growing problem in Florida. The article says that one Miami-area medical equipment supplier repeatedly billed the government...

A whistleblower suit alleging overbilling of the National Flood Insurance Program was dismissed by a federal judge in New Orleans. Judge Peter Beer said that the allegations in the suit brought by Branch...

A Detroit contractor who gave cash and gifts to an airport official to obtain $30 million in airport contracts has agreed to pay the United States $1.5 million to settle a False Claims Act suit. The suit...

A home care agency operator in New York State has been charged with Medicaid fraud in a criminal suit. A civil suit against the operator has also been filed under the state’s new False Claims Act....

The Inspector General for the U.S. Dept. of the Interior has issued a report on problems in the oil and gas royalty programs. The report, issued on September 17, 2007, is titled Minerals Management Service:...

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company will pay over $515 million to resolve charges of illegal drug marketing and pricing practices, according to a U.S. Dept. of Justice press release dated September 28, 2007....

Four of the largest artificial joint manufacturers have agreed to pay a total of $310 million in penalties to settle federal accusations that they used fake consulting agreements and other tactics to get...

A former Novation employee has filed a whistleblower suit alleging that the hospital group purchasing organization defrauded government health plans. Group purchasing organizations negotiate contracts...