By Kristen Rasmussen | March 26, 2018
General counsel at private equity firms should still be aware of the federal government's unusual decision to pursue claims against a firm based on an alleged fraudulent scheme at its pharmacy portfolio company, legal experts said.
By C. Ryan Barber | March 19, 2018
"These awards demonstrate that whistleblowers can provide the SEC with incredibly significant information that enables us to pursue and remedy serious violations that might otherwise go unnoticed," Jane Norberg, chief of the SEC's whistleblower office, said in a statement Monday.
By C. Ryan Barber | March 13, 2018
A U.S. Labor Department judge raised concerns about the breadth of a Wells Fargo whistleblower settlement, saying the release of claims was too broad. The lawyers have a second shot to amend the language. Wells Fargo has recently resolved several whistleblower cases.
By Jenna Greene | March 8, 2018
Jeffrey Wertkin was sentenced on Wednesday to 30 months in prison, but the question remains: Why did someone so smart do something that even his lawyer called “stupid, stupid"?
By C. Ryan Barber | March 6, 2018
Public-private litigation partnerships are "becoming more and more customary when it comes to claims that require a speciality that the counties or the cities don't have, necessarily. It seems like it's kind of a growing area,” San Francisco-based whistleblower lawyer Yosef Peretz says.
By Thomas Zaccaro, Nicolas Morgan and Brian Kaewert | February 26, 2018
On Feb. 22, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that significantly restricts the rights of whistleblowers, but ultimately may cause headaches for the targets of their whistleblower complaints.
By C. Ryan Barber | February 22, 2018
“They've been encouraging people to report internally. Now they have to think twice about that because they're essentially encouraging people to report internally and go into harm's way.”
By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle | February 21, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday narrowed the scope of whistleblower protection under the Dodd-Frank Act, ruling unanimously that employees must first report alleged securities violations to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
By C. Ryan Barber | February 5, 2018
Wells Fargo & Co. was negotiating a settlement as recently as last month with Laura Worzella, a former senior vice president in charge of Wells Fargo's operations in the Denver area. Worzella claimed she was unlawfully fired in retaliation for refusing to accept the bank's widespread practice of opening accounts without customer consent. Federal investigators dismissed her complaint.
By Jenna Greene | January 28, 2018
Two False Claims Act experts—Akin Gump partners Terence Lynam and Robert Salcido—talk about what's behind recent plaintiffs' losses and the rough road ahead for relators.
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