The Year in Whistleblower Reward Law has Been Tricky, but Exciting. The United States just released statistics on total recoveries for fiscal 2017, showing that the government continues to reap rewards from the False Claims Act. It obtained $3.7 billion from these cases. Most importantly $3.4 billion was recovered from cases filed by individuals under […]
This year’s Taxpayers Against Fraud convention was on overdrive or maybe it was just that I had too much coffee. Either way, the majority of the attorneys in private practice who do the plaintiff’s side work on False Claims Act cases attended. In my view, the biggest news, if you can call anything news when […]
To steal a line from a colleague, Customs provides the second largest source of revenue to the federal Government after only the IRS. The 2016 Performance and Accountability report of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency lists revenues collected on page 170 as $44.8 billion and change for 2016. Even by the standards of […]
Well Sports fans here we go: METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton expressed his astonishment on Twitter after Fox Sports reported Sunday that former Saints whistleblower Mike Cerullo now works for the NFL office. I have nothing in particular against the New Orleans Saints. As a New England Patriots Fan, well, we […]
I’m happy to report that the Defendants are paying $5 million to settle the allegations raised in the case of U.S. Ex. Rel. Palombo v. PAE, Inc. Robert J. (“Bob”) Palombo filed the case under the False Claims Act, of course. While Pacific Architects and Engineers LLC or “PAE” has admitted no fault in paying […]
It was inspiring to attend the celebration of this year’s National Whistleblower Day in the Kennedy Caucus room of the Russell Senate Office Building. Support for whistleblowers came from an impressive bipartisan group of legislators. Senator Charles Grassley (R-Whistleblowers) was the first legislator to speak. He was also the one who most forcefully noted the […]
Yesterday morning NPR reported on a case that made me want to know much, much more. Barry Cadden, the part owner of a Massachusetts Compound Pharmacy, was sentenced to nine (9) years in prison for racketeering and mail fraud. In March, Cadden was found not guilty of second-degree murder. That’s right, murder charges were filed […]
By False Claims Act Attorney Tony Munter The largest False Claims Act cases (by far) have involved nationwide scams in the pharmaceutical industry. Many relied on the theory of “off label” promotion. A drug can be prescribed for any use by a physician. It is supposed to be promoted only for its approved use by […]
By Whistleblower Attorney Tony Munter Just in time for Tax Season, the IRS Whistleblower Law may be getting a much-needed improvement. It may come as a surprise that there is real legislative progress to report for whistleblowers, but Senator Charles Grassley (R-Whistleblowers) and his colleague in the Whistleblower Caucus of the Senate Ron Wyden of […]
By False Claims Act Attorney Tony Munter Sports and Health Care are both businesses, in case you had not noticed. Law, I guess makes it a trifecta. We work on False Claims cases in part as a business, but we also like to think that the work improves practices and holds big players accountable for […]
