by admin | Sep 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
I have been blogging about a wonderful continuing legal education conference I recently attended in Washington, D.C. The conference was forlawyers who represent relators (“relators” is the term that people in the legal field use to describe...
by admin | Sep 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
I recently attended the Taxpayers Against Fraud Conference in Washington, D.C. During one session of the conference, we discussed some of the categories of False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuits that have been filed in recent years. FCA lawsuits are filed by qui tam...
by admin | Sep 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
I have been blogging about a great CLE (Continuing Legal Education) seminar that I have been attending. The conference is for lawyers who represent relators in False Claims Act and other qui tam lawsuits. For me, one of the highlights of the conference has been the...
by admin | Sep 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
We have had the second day of the Taxpayers Against Fraudconference which is happening in Washington, D.C. The conference has been, as always, absolutely superb. Three whistlebowers blew the morning session wide open with their stories about how they came forward to...
by admin | Sep 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
What a great next few days are planned! I am here in Washington, D.C., to attend the Twelfth Annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Conference. Three hundred lawyers who represent either the Government or the relators in False Claims Act cases have gathered to learn more...
by admin | Sep 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
CDC is reporting 26 new illnesses in the salmonella outbreak stemming from cantaloupe grown by Chamberlain Farms in Indiana. Public health officials have used DNA testing to match the DNA fingerprint of the salmonella bacteria collected from an Indiana grower,...
by admin | Sep 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
We are learning more about the victims of the Legionnaire’s Disease outbreak from the JW Marriott hotel in Chicago. Three people have died as a result of a Legionnaire’s disease outbreak at the JW Marriott in Chicago, and another seven have been or are ill...
by admin | Sep 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
Earlier I reported on a Legionnaire’s Disease outbreak being reported by guests who had stayed at the JW Marriott hotel in downtown Chicago. The hotel announced that health officials had taken water samples and swabbed areas around the hotel to try to locate the...
by admin | Aug 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
On August 29, 2012, the Chicago Department of Public Health issued a new press release on the Legionnaire’s Disease outbreak from the JW Marriott Hotel, 151 W. Adams St., in downtown Chicago. According to the update, in the 15 days between August 14, 2012, and...
by admin | Aug 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s enough to make you resort to vegetables. Cantaloupe is making bad news yet again, as the FDA announces another recall, this time for contamination with salmonella. The situation is extremely grave, with CDC’s Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella page...
