Whistleblowers

Recent Cases

Our firm helps nurses file whistleblower lawsuit and expose Medicare fraud at hospices

March 25, 2018

Our experienced whistleblower attorneys helped secure a victory for our clients, the taxpayers and advocates for the elderly when a hospice company entered into a settlement with the federal government to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit that alleged Medicare fraud. Our firm represented two nurses who exposed fraudulent billing practices of their former employer, Compassionate Care [&h…

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Whistleblower lawsuit leads to $66 million settlement in procurement fraud case

March 24, 2018

The Department of Justice recently announced a big settlement with a Japanese manufacturer in a serious case of government procurement fraud. Japanese manufacturer Toyoba has promised to pay $66 million to resolve two lawsuits brought against them under the False Claims Act. According to the lawsuits, Toyoba and an American distributor, Second Chance Body Armor, […]

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Our firm helps secure $10.5 million whistleblower settlement over unpaid customs duties

January 17, 2018

Yesterday, the Department of Justice announced that they had reached a settlement with Bassett Mirror Company over allegations our firm raised in a whistleblower lawsuit that the company had avoided paying millions of dollars in customs duties for wooden bedroom furniture it imported from China. Bassett was not the only company to avoid payment of […]

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Medstar Ambulance Will Pay $12.7 Million to Settle Whistleblower Claim

January 14, 2017

Medstar Ambulance, Inc., and its related entities, have agreed to pay the United States government $12.7 million to resolve allegations made by a whistleblower that the company defrauded taxpayers by submitting false and fictitious claims for Medicare reimbursement. The case was originally brought to the government’s attention by a whistleblower who was a former employee […]

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Olympus Agrees to Huge Whistleblower Settlement to Resolve Anti-Kickback Allegations

June 26, 2016

Olympus recently agreed to settle allegations that it violated the Anti-Kickback Law and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by paying the federal government a total of $640 million. The Justice Department announced that this settlement represents the largest amount any medical device manufacturer has ever paid under the False Claims Act. Olympus is one […]

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