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Whistleblower Insider is written by the Constantine LLP law firm team of experienced qui tam and whistleblower lawyers. It is updated regularly to provide the latest whistleblower and fraud news and developments.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
Whistleblower Spotlight -- Saudi Arabia's Twitter Whistleblower @mujtahidd

				
Posted  09/16/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

This week's "Whistleblower Spotlight" shines on the unidentified individual who goes by the Twitter handle @mujtahidd. With more than 1.5 million followers, he appears to be on a one-man crusade to expose corruption in and bring transparency to this historically tight-lipped desert kingdom of 28 million people. Choosing a moniker which in Arabic translates into "an authoritative...				 
				 					 

						
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DOJ Catch of the Week -- Reliance Medical Systems

				
Posted  09/12/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to spinal implant company Reliance Medical Systems. On Monday, the government announced its filing of two False Claims Act lawsuits against the company, two of its distributorships -- Apex Medical Technologies and Kronos Spinal Technologies -- and Michigan neurosurgeon Dr. Aria Sabit.  The complaints allege Apex and...				 
				 					 

						
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D.C. Circuit Opines on What Constitutes Knowledge of Falsity Under the False Claims Act

				
Posted  09/11/14
								

				 
								 				By Jason Enzler

The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion recently affirming a trial court’s grant of summary judgment against a qui tam relator.  The ruling in U.S. ex rel. Folliard v. Government Acquisitions, Inc. dealt with two issues: whether the lower court properly denied discovery of certain information and whether the defendant had “knowingly” submitted false claims...				 
				 					 

						
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DOJ Launches New Elder Justice Website

				
Posted  09/11/14
								

				 
								 				By Marlene Koury

Nearly one in 10 people over the age of 60 suffer abuse and neglect, including physical, sexual and emotional abuse, consumer scams, health care fraud and various forms of financial exploitation.  It is estimated that older adults in the United States lose more than $2.9 billion annually from financial exploitation alone.  To protect older Americans, the DOJ's Elder Justice Initiative launched an...				 
				 				
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The Beginning of the End for Ag-Gag Laws?

				
Posted  09/11/14
								

				 
								 				 By Gordon Schnell

In an eagerly awaited decision out of federal court in Idaho last week, Chief Judge B. Lynn Winmill has dealt a mighty blow to proponents of the so-called "Ag-Gag" laws several states have passed in recent years to ensure what goes on in factory farms, stays in factory farms.  At issue in this case is the constitutionality of the Idaho statute and whether -- in criminalizing undercover...				 
				 					 

						
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DOJ Catch of the Week -- Smith & Nephew

				
Posted  09/5/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Smith & Nephew. On Wednesday, the London-based medical device maker agreed to pay $11.3 million to settle charges it sold the U.S. government orthopaedic products it claimed were US-made but actually came from Malaysia. The settlement ends a whistleblower lawsuit brought in 2008 under the qui tam provisions of the...				 
				 					 

						
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Whistleblower Spotlight -- MassMutual Whistleblower Bill Lloyd

				
Posted  09/5/14
								

				 
								 				 By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

This week's "Whistleblower Spotlight" shines on Bill Lloyd, a former agent with the insurance company MassMutual Financial Group based in Springfield, Massachusetts. Last month, Lloyd revealed himself as the unnamed whistleblower to whom the SEC awarded $400,000 for helping the agency uncover an allegedly fraudulent investment scheme at the company. It is only the thirteenth...				 
				 					 

						
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