Qui Tam

Minnesota Hospital to Pay U.S. nearly $1 Million to Resolve Qui tam Allegations Admissions

Posted on January 04, 2010
The year is starting off on the right tone with qui tam settlements for Medicare fraud. The Minnesota case  United States ex rel. Steven Radjenovich v. Stanley Gallagher, et al., Case No.: 04-4538 (D. Minn.) was settled for $846,461 today...

Happy New Year 2010 - Justice prevails

Posted on January 01, 2010
Happy New Year 2010!! Today is the first day of the New Year.  Last year marked a milestone in record breaking settlements relating to qui tam and false claims act violations. The year ended with a qui tam settlement from Genesys Health System in the amount of  $669,413...

Governor Crist comes to SFL to talk about Israel... a personal perspective

Posted on December 07, 2009
From time to time, I come across issues that are not directly related to my Blog topic, but due to my own sense of priority I feel compelled to share these experiences with our readers. In this instance, the subject is meaningful to me. The subject is Israel...

DOJ enlists help from Congress to fight healthcare fraud

Posted on October 30, 2009
The DOJ's Assistant Attorney General Tony West realizes that healthcare fraud is a serious issue that can't be fought alone.  Since 2009, he has led DOJ's Civil Division and is requesting help from Congress to combat healthcare fraud. We applaud Assistant Attorney General Tony West for his efforts in admitting that the DOJ needs help...

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Pfizer agrees to pay $2.3 billion to settle qui tam and criminal charges

Posted on September 03, 2009
Pfizer Inc has agreed to pay a record settlement of $2.3 billion to resolve a qui tam case and to settle federal and criminal probes. According to the DOJ and several published reports, this involves the alleged Medicare/Medicaid fraud, and the illegal use off-label marketing of multiple drugs...

Whistleblower and former UBS Banker sentenced to 40 months in prison for role in tax scam

Posted on August 26, 2009
Former UBS Banker, Bradley C. Birkenfeld was recently sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison for assisting a client at UBS to evade taxes. However, due to Mr. Birkenfield's assistance, the government was successful in reaching the February settlement of UBS agreeing to pay $780 million in fines, penalties, and restitution relating to tax fraud...

Sotomayor confirmed for Supreme Court by Senate

Posted on August 07, 2009
  Yesterday, the Senate confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor to become our Nation's first Hispanic  U.S. Supreme Court Justice. The Senate vote was approved, 68-31, primarily with Democrats and some Republicans voting in favor of the confirmation...

Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 moves through Senate.

Posted on July 30, 2009
  The Senate's progress and the bi-partisan efforts of Democrats and Republicans to strengthen the protections for whistleblowers should be applauded. Groups such as the Make It Safe Coalition, POGO, ACLU and many others complimented  the efforts of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee...

From the Courtroom Podcast Interview with Robert M. Morgenthau on Judge Sonia Sotomayor

Posted on July 30, 2009
In this edition of our Podcast Series "From the Courtroom", Esther Uria LaBovick, Esq. has the pleasure of speaking with New York District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau. The honorable Robert M. Morgenthau discusses Judge Sonia Sotomayor, her Senate confirmation hearings, and her life as a Prosecutor in the New York District Attorney's Office...

S. 372 - Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - show your support for federal employees

Posted on July 28, 2009
On Wednesday, July 29, 2009, the Senate will be marking up its version of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 (S. 372). We encourage you to contact your Senators and President Obama and ask them to support adding jury trials for all federal employees, including national security employees...

New York State and NYC sets record for qui tam settlement of $540 million

Posted on July 22, 2009
Everyone knows there is no place like New York and New York City. However, this does not mean that New York and NYC can defraud the government.  The Department of Justice announced today that a settlement was reached by New York and NYC to pay a record sum in the amount of $540 million to settle allegations for knowingly submitting, or causing to be submitted, false claims for reimbursement for school-based health care services, primarily speech therapy and transportation, provided to Medicaid eligible children from 1990 to 2001...

Beazer Homes settles False Claims Act violations for Mortgage Fraud

Posted on July 03, 2009
The Atlanta based home builder, Beazer Homes USA Inc. settled a qui tam suit involving mortgage fraud with Federally insured mortgages. Beazer Homes USA has agreed to pay $50,000,0000 to the United States to be shared with victimized private homeowners, to resolve the False Claims Act allegations...

United States Settles False Claims Act violations against Beazer Homes USA

Posted on July 03, 2009
The Atlanta based home builder, Beazer Homes USA Inc. settled a qui tam suit involving mortgage fraud with Federally insured mortgages. Beazer Homes USA has agreed to pay $50,000,0000  to the United States to be shared with victimized private homeowners, to resolve allegation...

Supreme Court will hear Qui tam lawsuit over public disclosure

Posted on June 23, 2009
The whistleblower case, Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District v. United States ex rel. Wilson, 08-304 was granted certiorari by the Supreme Court. This case has special implications for the business community, especially  whistleblower lawsuits against drugmakers, and biotechnology companies...

Kindred Health settles qui tam suit for $1.3 million

Posted on June 16, 2009
Today, a qui tam suit that was brought against Kindred Healthcare, Inc. was settled for just over $1.3 million.  United States Attorney Russ Dedrick announced today that Kindred Healthcare, Inc. and its successor PharMerica Healthcare Pharmacy, LLC, have agreed to settle claims that Kindred violated state and federal laws regarding over-billing TennCare and the Medicaid program for pharmaceuticals...

US Files qui tam suit against Capmark Finance in California

Posted on June 14, 2009
Capmark Finance Inc., a California-based mortgage lender, is the target of a qui tam suit filed by the Department of Justice. In this suit, the Justice Department alleges that the company has committed mortgage fraud and is seeking reparations under the False Claims Act...

Qui tam suit against Healthways settled for $40,000,000

Posted on June 12, 2009
Another successful case in the win column for whistleblowers (relators) bringing qui tam suits, In this most recent instance, whistleblower, Steve Pogue, and his legal team can breathe a sigh of relief, because the litigation against Healthways that took 15 years has finally settled for $40,000,000...

Whistleblower Protection Act hearing taking place today

Posted on June 11, 2009
Today there is an important hearing on the  Whistleblower Protection Act being held in Washington, D.C. at 2:30pm (EST).  If you can't attend the hearing, please make an effort to call Senators Daniel Akaka (202) 224-6361 and Susan Collins (202) 224-2523, indicating your support of Whistleblower protection for all...

Federal Government Joins 16 States in Wyeth Whistleblower Lawsuit

Posted on June 09, 2009
New Jersey-based Wyeth, one of the nation's largest drug manufacturing companies recently had two qui tam lawsuits filed against them in federal court in Massachusetts. Pharma giant,  Wyeth - poised to be bought out by large pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Inc...

Supreme Court rules on appeal time limits for qui tam cases

Posted on June 08, 2009
Today, Justice Thomas delivered the opinion in the much anticipated case United States,  ex rel. Irwin Eisenstein, Petitioner, v. City of New York, et, al..  Unfortunately, the opinion, was a fatal blow for the Relator, Irwin Eisenstein, since the lower court's decision was affirmed that there is only a 30 day time limit for appeal on qui tam cases where the government decides not to intervene...

Earth Day 2009 - Doing your part in the work place

Posted on April 22, 2009
Today is Earth Day, celebrated in the United States officially, since 1970. It was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson. Earth Day is about being environmentally friendly. This includes includes work, home and play. Since our Readers are mostly reading the WhistleBlower Law Blog from work, we are sharing a  few Simple Steps that can be implemented in the work place...

Congressman Bruce Braley discusses whistleblower legislation with Brian LaBovick

Posted on April 14, 2009
Managing Partner, Brian LaBovick, Esq., discusses whistleblower legislation with Congressman Bruce Braley in the Podcast series, "From the Courtroom". whistleblower.labovick.com/uploads/file/Podcast WhistleBlower_leg_Congressman_Bruce Braley _final cut...

Defense contractor, Northrop Grumman pays $325 million to settle qui tam suit

Posted on April 07, 2009
Defense Contractor Northrop Grumman Corp., has agreed to settle False Claims Act allegations for $325 million, according to the Department of Justice. Allegedly, Northrop provided and billed the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for defective microelectronic parts, known as Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors (HBTs)...

Press Conference Today - re: whistleblower protections Bill

Posted on March 12, 2009
I am thankful for the valiant fight of Congressman, Bruce Braley, (D) Iowa First District, and other members of congress regarding whistleblower protections for workers.  We had the distinct pleasure of speaking with the Congressman regarding this important piece of legislation, that is being proposed today for a stand alone bill...

EMC comes under fire from DOJ in Qui tam suit

Posted on March 03, 2009

Chairman rejects nominee to board with Medicare fraud ties

Posted on February 10, 2009
Yesterday, the Chairman of Orthofix International, issued a strong statement about  a nominee for Orthofix Board, Steven J. Lee. In an open letter, Chairman, James F. Gero, outlined a long history of Mr. Lee's former company's unsavory history with qui tam litigation...

Construction Firm Mercer-Fraser settles qui tam lawsuit for $1.3 million

Posted on February 05, 2009
Midsized construction firm, Mercer-Fraser agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle fraud allegations involving work under the U.S. Small Business Administration's HUBZone Empowerment Contracting program. According to the claim, Mercer- Fraser used false information to gain business...

GAP : Whistleblower Rights and the Stimulus Package

Posted on January 28, 2009
Good news is possibly in store for Whistleblowers if the Government Accountability Project office gets its way.  The organization came  with a brilliant idea of tying Whistleblower Protections to the Stimulus Bill that is in the forefront of everyone's mind in Washington, to help promote whistleblower rights...

Eli Lilly agrees to pay $1.4 Billion in Qui tam fraud involving Zyprexa

Posted on January 26, 2009
Whistleblowers have a lot to celebrate in the wake of the recent $1.4 billion settlement from drug maker,  Eli Lilly. The drug giant, Eli Lilly, plead guilty to promoting its drug Zyprexa for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

Show your Support for the National Whistleblower Law

Posted on January 23, 2009
Positive Steps are being made in the fight for a national whistleblower law.   The National Whistleblower Center is enlisting the help from every individual that believes we should have a national whistleblower law...

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