by admin | Feb 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
According to a list published by Taxpayers Against Fraud, during fiscal year 2014 (which ended on September 30, 2014), the Government settled at least 136 cases under the False Claims Act. I am a lawyer who represent whistleblowers, and whenever I tell people about my...
by admin | Jan 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
Last summer a heavy lobby from business groups halted a bill that would have created a False Claims Act in West Virginia. Critics claimed the Act would “encourage ‘sue-and-settle’ litigation that benefitted only plaintiff’s lawyers and the...
by admin | Nov 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
This past fall I was honored to sit at the same table as Elin Baklid-Kunz, as she received the Whistleblower of the Year Award. Each year the Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund holds an awards banquet, and recognizes a man or woman who has had the integrity to...
by admin | Oct 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m not crowing. Much! Just yesterday on this blog I wrote about the Top 4 Surprises About 2014’s False Claims Act Cases, and I said I thought we were seeing a surprising new trend. It seemed to me that the Government was taking a lot of cases it had not...
by admin | Oct 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Each year the Government gets ripped off to the tune of billions of dollars, and healthcare fraud sits first chair. This past year has been no exception; the Government closes out its fiscal year on September 30, so we can now see that in 2014, medical fraud cases...