On February 21, 2018, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the anti-retaliation protections passed by Congress after the 2008 financial crisis extend only to individuals who report suspected violations …
Last November, this Blog wrote about an announcement Michael D. Granston (“Granston”), Director of the DOJ Commercial Litigation Branch, Fraud Section, made at a health care conference concerning the DOJ’s …
Following months of hinting that the Department of Justice (“DOJ” or “Department”) would change its qui tam policies, Michael Granston (“Granston”), Director of the Civil Fraud Section, announced that the …
It has been some time since this Blog has written about the False Claims Act (“FCA”). In today’s post, this Blog looks at the Seventh Circuit’s recent embrace of the …
On October 17, 2017, the National Whistleblower Center, a non-profit, tax-exempt, non-partisan whistleblower legal advocacy organization, Senator Charles Grassley, and the U.S. Government filed amici briefs before the U.S. Supreme …
On Monday, June 26, 2017, the United States Supreme Court agreed to consider whether the anti-retaliation provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (“Dodd-Frank …
Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted along party lines to repeal many of the regulations enacted after the 2008 financial crisis under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection …
The Justice Department has joined a whistleblower lawsuit against United Healthcare Group, Inc. (“UHG” or “United”) in connection with payments made to the company for its Medicare Advantage Plan. (Here.) …
After the 2016 presidential election, President Trump promised to dismantle the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (“Dodd-Frank Act”), and the regulations promulgated thereunder. (Here.) The …
The False Claims Act (“FCA” or the “Act”) prohibits businesses and individuals from defrauding the government by knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, a false claim for payment or …
