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.
By Cogan Schneier | January 24, 2018
One lawyer who represents qui tam relators said the memo represents a major "sea change" in how the agency handles FCA cases.
New York Law Journal | In Brief
By Andrew Denney | January 19, 2018
A whistleblower has filed a suit accusing her former employer, a late Westchester County pathologist, of evading New York income and estate taxes in what is believed to be the state's first unsealed qui tam estate tax case.
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 Christine Simmons | October 30, 2017
An attorney who sued Kramer Levin; Akerman; Nixon Peabody; and other firms is promising to challenge the dismissal of his case, even while he reportedly remains under criminal investigation.
By Cogan Schneier | October 23, 2017
The firm Kasowitz Benson Torres brought the lawsuit under the False Claims Act against various chemical companies, including BASF and Dow Chemical, but a D.C. judge said the firm's legal theory failed.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By David E. Schwartz and Risa M. Salins | October 5, 2017
In their Labor Relations column, David E. Schwartz and Risa M. Salins discuss recent decisions addressing what happens when an attorney uses confidential information to blow the whistle on a current or former client, and examine key considerations governing attorney conduct in whistleblower cases.
By Jeremy H. Temkin | September 20, 2017
In his Tax Litigation Issues column, Jeremy H. Temkin writes that whistleblowing is alive and well at the IRS, but, while attorneys are not precluded from participating, attorneys need to be mindful of the strict interpretation of what it means for an attorney to "reasonably believe" a disclosure is necessary to prevent a client from committing a crime under New York professional conduct rules.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | September 14, 2017
Leave to Amend Granted; Plaintiff Lacked Supreme Court Guidance on Materiality
By Philip M. Berkowitz | September 14, 2017
In his Employment Issues column, Philip M. Berkowitz discusses a late-August decision with potentially far-reaching implications for foreign and multinational employers, in which the U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Review Board (ARB), held that SOX's whistleblower provisions have extraterritorial application—in apparent contradiction of appellate court and indeed prior ARB case law.
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