Whistleblower Teams Up With the State of New York in Groundbreaking Suit...
On April 19, 2012, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against Sprint-Nextel Corporation for deliberately under-collecting and underpaying millions of dollars in New...
View ArticleSt. Jude Medical Pays $3.65 Million to Settle Overcharge Claims
St. Jude Medical Inc. has settled, for $3.65 million, federal False Claim Act allegations arising from a qui tam case in which the relators alleged that the company inflated the cost of replacement...
View ArticleState False Claims Acts: It’s Not Just the Federal Government Anymore
While the federal False Claims Act gets the big headlines and the correspondingly big recoveries, it is important not to forget that a number of states have their own false claims acts under which...
View ArticleWhat’s It Like to Be a Relator? And Key Attributes of a Good Relator
People considering becoming whistleblowers to expose a government fraud often ask what the process will be like. They want to know what it is like to be a relator in a False Claims Act, or qui tam,...
View ArticleSharing Agreements, Consolidation, and Relators’ Share
More and more, we are seeing multiple and separate qui tam cases filed across various districts that, in part, contain overlapping claims, allege common sets of facts, or supplement each other in a way...
View ArticleThe Dodd-Frank Act and Whistleblowers: Broader Protection Than You Might Think
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 included a whistleblower program allowing individuals who report original information to the SEC leading to a recovery exceeding $1...
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Justice Department Announces Record Single-Year False Claims Act Recovery
The Justice Department yesterday reported $4.9 billion in False Claims Act recoveries for fiscal year 2012, which is the largest single-year recovery in history. The recoveries spanned several sectors...
View ArticleGovernment Intervention Rights Broadly Interpreted
A False Claims Act case can be brought by a whistleblower (relator) to recover funds on behalf of the federal government. The government then has the option to “intervene” and proceed with the action....
View ArticleAmerican Sleep Medicine to Pay More Than $15.3M to Resolve Allegations of...
The federal government recently settled a $15 million False Claims Act (FCA) case against American Sleep Medicine LLC, according to a recent Justice Department press release. In particular, American...
View ArticleOld Fraud Claims May Still Be Actionable Under Wartime Suspension of...
Relators who have claims based on frauds that extend farther than the False Claims Act’s statute of limitations are in for good news—a recent decision regarding the Wartime Suspension of Limitations...
View ArticleBillions of Dollars Lost to Fraud Every Year, Much of It Unreported
In recent years, elected and appointed members of the federal government and others have estimated that seven percent—or as much as 15 percent or 20 percent—of federal spending is consumed by fraud....
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Hodgson Russ Client to Receive Portion of $15 Million False Claims Act...
Keith Schenker, MD, a client of Hodgson Russ, will receive a substantial portion of the $15 million settlement ISTA Pharmaceuticals will pay to resolve allegations that the company aggressively and...
View Article$17 Million False Claims Judgment Entered Against D.C. Doctor
According to a recent Justice Department press release, a D.C. federal court entered a $17 million False Claims Act judgment against Dr. Ishtiaq Malik and his two companies, Ishtiaq Malik M.D., P.C....
View ArticleHodgson Russ Helps Plaintiffs in Largest-Ever False Claims Act Settlement in...
The Justice Department announced last week that Johnson & Johnson will pay $1.273 billion to the federal government and most states to settle a civil False Claims Act investigation into its...
View ArticleHow Risperdal Whistle-Blowers Made Millions From Johnson & Johnson
In the article “How Risperdal Whistle-Blowers Made Millions From J&J,” Bloomberg News profiles a few of the whistleblowers involved in the government’s investigation of claims that pharmaceutical...
View ArticleAnother Banner Year for Recoveries Under the False Claims Act
According to a press release from the Department of Justice, in fiscal year 2013, the government recovered $3.8 billion in settlements and judgments involving the False Claims Act. This is the...
View ArticleSecond Circuit Vacates Trial Court’s Dismissal in DHL False Claims Case
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals today allowed a False Claims Act case brought by two whistleblower relators, represented by a team of Hodgson Russ attorneys led by me and my colleague Daniel C....
View ArticleMoving at Warp Speed, New York’s Attorney General Lands a Significant Tax...
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced on March 14, 2014, the successful conclusion of a tax whistleblower case brought under the historic 2010 amendments to the State False Claims Act....
View ArticleIRS Paid $53 Million to 122 Whistleblowers in 2013
According to the IRS Oversight Board’s recent report to Congress, the IRS paid $53 million last year to 122 whistleblowers. This is an average of nearly $435,000 per whistleblower. The whistleblower...
View ArticleRelators Win Right to Share of Proceeds Under False Claims Act
In a recent False Claims Act case from the Eighth Circuit, Rille v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 6597 (8th Cir. April 10, 2014), the relators won an important victory against the...
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