The U.S. Department of Justice reported record False Claims Act numbers last month: $2.68 billion in recoveries from 543 settlements and judgments in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023. And for the second straight year, these record numbers … [Read more...]
Whistleblowers Play Important Role in Exposing Customs Fraud
Companies that engage in conduct designed to avoid paying custom duties and charges are committing fraud against the federal government. And whistleblowers are often the only people who can alert the government that these types of frauds are … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Ruling Regarding Employers’ Intent in UBS Appeal is a Victory for Whistleblowers
The Supreme Court strengthened whistleblower protections in a unanimous decision this month, rejecting an argument that financial whistleblowers need to prove their employers acted with “retaliatory intent” to recover damages when they are fired for … [Read more...]
Why Do We Stand Up for Whistleblowers? More Fraud is Out There
Are there too many False Claims Act cases? Not only do the numbers say no, but the inference by FCA opponents that whistleblowers are filing frivolous suits is misguided. First, let’s look at the numbers. Jacklyn DeMar of The Anti-Fraud Coalition … [Read more...]
A New Year Often Means Motivation to Report. What Prospective Whistleblowers Should Know
At Keller Grover, we often see a surge of whistleblower reports after the new year. This can happen for a number of reasons. Sometimes people are fired or pushed out of a job toward the end of the year for speaking out about wrongdoing. Others may … [Read more...]
Whistleblowers Made 2023 a Memorable Year for Fighting Fraud
As 2023 wraps up, it’s worth a look back at what has been a defining year for whistleblowers. After the flood of pandemic-related stimulus money, 2023 saw a series of prosecutions related to misuse of those funds — brought to light by people who … [Read more...]
Keller Grover’s Kathleen Scanlan Represents Whistleblowers on Federal Bar Association’s False Claims Act Panel On the “State of Play”
Keller Grover attorney Kathleen R. Scanlan joined Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the Department of Justice’s Commercial Litigation Branch, Michael D. Granston, to discuss their views on whistleblower law and the critical role … [Read more...]
SCOTUS Decision in Polansky Underscores Why Whistleblowers Need Expert Advocates
In June the Supreme Court issued an opinion that affirmed the government’s broad discretion to intervene after a whistleblower files a False Claims Act case, and move to dismiss the case against the whistleblower’s objections. Six months later, … [Read more...]
IRS awards $37.75M to whistleblowers who expose tax fraud
The IRS Whistleblower Office paid $37.75 million in awards to 132 whistleblowers in fiscal 2022, according to its latest annual report. “The IRS uses increasingly sophisticated data analytics and other methods to detect non-compliance with tax … [Read more...]
‘Pervasive fraud’ in crypto drives need for whistleblowers
Crypto/digital asset schemes drove a record number of whistleblower tips to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission during the past year. The CFTC Whistleblower Program, established under the Dodd-Frank Act, awarded $16 million to seven … [Read more...]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 6
- Next Page »