The Federal False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., is probably the best-known whistleblower statute, allowing private plaintiffs to bring suit on behalf of the Government in a qui tam suit. The federal Government also provides other, less well-known avenues for whistleblowers to shed light on corporate wrongdoing in return for a portion of the Government’s recovery if the case…
The media has widely credited the Miami Herald’s “Perversion of Justice” series with “exposing” the unprecedented non-prosecution agreement (“NPA”) in which former U.S. Attorney (and current Trump Labor Secretary) Alexander Acosta agreed to allow billionaire Jeffrey Epstein to avoid federal prosecution for running an international child sex trafficking operation. But the true credit for exposing the shocking details surrounding the “sweetheart” deal belongs…
It has never been better to be a whistleblower. First, agencies within the United States are prioritizing tips from whistleblowers to determine their enforcement actions. Second, under certain whistleblower statutes, a whistleblower is entitled to up to 30% of the proceeds from those enforcement actions. And third, there are strong protections in place to protect whistleblowers from retaliation by their…
Posted July 15th, 2019. Click here to read the injunction Cleveland, July 15, 2019 – U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, who oversees the National Prescription Opiate Litigation, entered an order confirming that the three largest Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in the country have implemented and/or will implement changes to their standard nationwide practices that align with the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) Guideline for…