By C. Ryan Barber | January 19, 2018
Wells Fargo & Co. has reached a settlement with a former branch manager who claimed she was fired for blowing the whistle on employees who had been opening accounts without permission. Federal regulators earlier ordered the whistleblower be paid $577,000. Wells Fargo had appealed that order.
By Kristen Rasmussen | January 12, 2018
Benevis dental management company and more than 130 of its affiliated Kool Smiles clinics in 17 states have agreed to pay $23.9 million plus interest to settle charges that they fraudulently billed Medicaid for medically unnecessary dental work performed on children.
By Rebekah Mintzer | December 27, 2017
Here's to another year of quotable counsel.
By C. Ryan Barber | December 14, 2017
Recently disclosed documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request offer a deep glimpse into the bank's efforts to contest bank manager Claudia Ponce de Leon's claims that she was unlawfully fired for complaining about corporate malfeasance.
By Erin Mulvaney | November 29, 2017
Meet Ari Wilkenfeld, a longtime civil rights and employment lawyer in Washington, who's representing the woman who brought sexual misconduct claims this week against NBC "Today" show host Matt Lauer.
By C. Ryan Barber | November 21, 2017
Here's a deeper look, by the numbers, into the SEC whistleblower program's past and the awards that could be coming.
By Kristen Rasmussen | October 10, 2017
A federal judge has dismissed the U.S. government's lawsuit alleging that UnitedHealth Group Inc. violated the False Claims Act by receiving inflated payments based on inaccurate information about the health status of Medicare beneficiaries in California. But he gave the government until Friday to amend the complaint.
By Sue Reisinger | October 2, 2017
Forner Pepsico GC Maura Smith was subpoenaed by the SEC to discuss her severance agreement, but she did not initiate an SEC probe of the company, according to a source close to the investigation.
By Marcia Coyle | September 28, 2017
Legal fees, pleading requirements and disputes over timing—the False Claims Act is providing the U.S. Supreme Court with myriad issues as companies and whistleblowers pitch the justices on cases to take for the new term. Time will tell if the justices are willing to bite. Here's a snapshot of several pending petitions.
By Sue Reisinger | September 18, 2017
Whistleblower Aid, a nonprofit, nonpartisan law firm, will represent federal employees who want to reveal wrongdoing.
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