by wporbit | Sep 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Apologizing is all the rage these days. Stars apologize. Musicians apologize. Even companies apologize. Anybody and everybody seems to be on the “I’m sorry” bandwagon. Mediation is one of the places where apologies are supposed to take place. Since the mediation is...
by wporbit | Sep 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
When Sam walked into the mediation conference room, his client Ellen was already there, tapping her fingers nervously on the table. You couldn’t always pick your clients, Sam thought, but Ellen was someone he would represent any day of the week. Normally friendly and...
by wporbit | Sep 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Want to kill a mediation? These three statements will do it! Most mediations start with a joint conference. The conference is a great opportunity to make sure everyone is operating from the same set of facts, and to impress both your client and the other side. Since...
by Lee Wallace | Oct 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Government can file its own False Claims Act cases, but most FCA cases are filed by whistleblowers. But considering how much money the US is losing to fraud each year, the number of cases filed each year is shockingly low. The U.S. estimates that it loses $80...
by Lee Wallace | Nov 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Medicare and Medicare Advantage are overpaying medical providers by $60 billion a year, according to testimony from James Cosgrove, who directs health care reviews for the Government Accountability Office, to the House Ways and Means oversight committee. But just how...
by Lee Wallace | Nov 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
Most False Claims Act cases start out as civil cases, when a whistleblower files a civil lawsuit. The Government, however, can use the False Claims Act criminally, also. In each of the following cases, a defendant was convicted criminally for violating the False...
