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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 News from the Inside - June 20, 2014

				
Posted  06/20/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

False Claims Act lawsuit against Lance Armstrong can proceed -- A federal judge has rejected Lance Armstrong's attempt to dismiss a $100 million False Claims Act lawsuit filed against him.  USA Today

NJ arrests owner of Diagnostic Imaging Affiliates for Medicaid Fraud -- Rehan Zuberi and 12 associates are charged with bribing doctors to send patients for MRIs, PET scans and...				 
				 				
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DOJ Catch of the Week -- SunTrust

				
Posted  06/20/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to SunTrust Mortgage Inc., the mortgage lending arm of SunTrust Bank. On Tuesday, the Justice Department, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and virtually every state attorney general in the country, reached a $968 million agreement with the bank to resolve...				 
				 					 

						
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Breaking:  SCOTUS Sides with Public Employee in Retaliation Case

				
Posted  06/19/14
								

				 
								 				By Marlene Koury

This morning, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that public employees cannot be fired or retaliated against for testifying as concerned citizens about corruption.

The case involved a community college employee, Edward Lane, who was fired after testifying during a 2006 federal corruption trial that a state legislator was on the college's payroll, despite doing no work.   Even though the...				 
				 				
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SEC Settles First Whistleblower Retaliation Case; Warns There Will Be More

				
Posted  06/19/14
								

				 
								 				By Jason Enzler

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced another ground-breaking development for its whistleblower program earlier this week, releasing details on its first whistleblower retaliation case filed under the Dodd-Frank Act.  In doing so, the SEC sent an unambiguous message:  They are just getting started in going after companies that retaliate against whistleblowers.

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Low Scores for US Healthcare . . . Again; Is Help on the Way?

				
Posted  06/19/14
								

				 
								 				hospiceBy Gordon Schnell

The US healthcare system is the most expensive in the world.  Yet, it continues to rank poorly when compared to the healthcare systems of other developed countries.  In fact, when compared to the most developed countries around the globe, the state of our overall healthcare system comes in dead last.  At least that is the finding of the report issued this week by The Commonwealth Fund titled 				 
				 					 

						
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - June 17, 2014

				
Posted  06/17/14
								

				 
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SEC brings first whistleblower retaliation action --  Paradigm Capital and its owner agreed to pay $2.2M for engaging in prohibited transactions and then sought  retribution against the employee who reported the illicit trading activity.  Compliance Week

New study shows insider trading runs rampant -- According to the detailed study by professors from NYU and McGill...				 
				 				
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - June 13, 2014

				
Posted  06/13/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Whistleblower reveals highway guardrails become “deadly spears on impact” -- For any of you who travel on highways or have loved ones who do (in other words, probably all of us), this report on a whistleblower lawsuit is worth a read.  Bloomberg

SEC warns against whistleblower retaliation -- The agency says it plans to take harsher measures, above and beyond back pay and...				 
				 				
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Third Circuit Deepens Divide on What Courts Require of Qui Tam Complaints

				
Posted  06/12/14
								

				 
								 				By Jason Enzler

Last Friday, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that it would join three other circuit courts in rejecting a more restrictive view of what qui tam relators must allege in order to survive challenges to their False Claims Act complaints. In doing so, the Third Circuit’s decision in Foglia, ex rel. U.S. v. Renal Ventures Management, LLC has deepened the split forming among the circuit...				 
				 					 

						
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"Stand with Snowden" Campaign Launched

				
Posted  06/12/14
								

				 
								 				By Marlene Koury 

International whistleblower support group the Courage Foundation launched a "Stand with Snowden" campaign in Berlin last night to garner support for Snowden as the end date for his temporary asylum fast approaches. The campaign asks Snowden supporters to upload photographs of themselves (or their friends, family and colleagues) holding a sign saying where you are from and that you "Stand with...				 
				 				
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - June 10, 2014

				
Posted  06/10/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Whistleblower exposes $18.4M fraud at U.S. Postal Service -- A report requested by Senator Grassley was recently released that confirms a whistleblower tip regarding the mishandling of contract payments at the U.S.P.S.  NBC - Omaha

VA IG subpoenas whistleblower group -- The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) will fight the government’s demand for information the group...				 
				 				
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