Record Whistleblower Award by the CFTC

August 17, 2018

The Commodities Future Trading Commission (CFTC) gave out the largest whistleblower award in its history on July 12, 2018:...

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Blowing The Whistle

SC Man Liable in $51 Million Whistleblower Case

March 27, 2018

Three separate qui tam cases that ended up being litigated as one concluded on January 31, 2018, when a...

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Two New Top Ten SEC Whistleblower Awards

Brave New World: Cryptocurrencies and Whistleblowers

February 14, 2018

Cryptocurrencies—of which the best-known is Bitcoin—have appeared in financial news stories with increasing frequency during 2017 and early 2018....

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Shocking Wrongdoing Alleged in Whistleblower Pharma Case

More Than $20 Million in Recent SEC WB Awards

December 29, 2017

Three recent whistleblower awards in one week—one announced on December 5, 2017, and two on November 30, 2017—totaled over...

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“Reckless Disregard” and the FCA

December 22, 2017

With certain investigations into violations of the False Claims Act (FCA), a critical issue is whether someone knew that...

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Shocking Wrongdoing Alleged in Whistleblower Pharma Case

The “Duty Speech” Doctrine and Whistleblowers

November 9, 2017

Workers who blow the whistle on illegal actions generally are—and should be—protected from retaliation by their employer and others....

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Bert Louthian Representing Client in Lawsuit Against SCANA

October 24, 2017

South Carolina residents have likely seen several headlines recently regarding energy-based holding company SCANA and several lawsuits that have...

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US citizenship and immigration services

Tesla Caught in Visa Whistleblower Case

October 13, 2017

Many of the False Claims Act’s (FCA) cases concern Medicare fraud, defense contractor fraud, and financial industry fraud, so...

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Pills and Money

A Multimillion-Dollar Whistleblower Settlement—with Two Unusual Aspects

September 12, 2017

Over the past several years, dozens of whistleblower cases involving pharmaceutical companies have been settled, with the largest fine...

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