Are Whistleblowers a Dying Breed?
Last year there were just 704 whistleblower claims filed under the False Claims Act, America’s primary whistleblower reward program. That isn’t 704 filed in Iowa or in a single city, that is...
View ArticleSalesforce Transit Center and Foreign Steel
The headlines yesterday were all about the crack found in a support beam at San Francisco’s new Salesforce (Transbay) Transit Center. Called the Grand Central of the West, it took almost 10 years to...
View ArticleMonsanto Roundup – Science Journal Expresses Concern
A prominent scientific journal, Critical Reviews in Toxicology, issued a rare “Expression of Concern” after finding that Monsanto failed to disclose its role in several studies. Monsanto is the maker...
View Article“It’s Not Brain Surgery” Doc Billed for Phony Surgeries
A Michigan surgeon settled charges claiming he defrauded Medicare. Aria Sabit MD will pay $899,000 to resolve the charges that he falsely billed Medicare for millions of dollars. Sabit is currently...
View ArticleLooking for DMC Whistleblowers (Tenet Healthcare Post)
Top Doc, DMC Cardiologists Latest to Complain about Poor Care The Detroit Medical Center (DMC) Heart Hospital’s top doctor and several cardiologists are the latest to complaint about poor patient care...
View ArticleLike a Bad Neighbor, State Farm Is There (Telemarketing Post)
State Farm Sued for Making Unsolicited Calls We all know that jingle, “Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm is There.” In fact, if you say it aloud, State Farm suggests you can magically get a hot tub or...
View ArticleBaby Powder Lawsuit – Ovarian Cancer Lawyer
Ovarian cancer is a silent and deadly cancer. Since the early 1980’s, scientists have suspected a link between talcum powder and ovarian cancer. Only recently, however, has that link become public. And...
View ArticleMonsanto Doesn’t Want to Expedite Trial of Cancer Victim
Getting justice for victims of cancer is no easy task. Especially if the person filing a lawsuit suffers from leukemia, non- Hodgkin’s lymphoma or myeloma. These three cancers are particularly deadly....
View ArticleMedical Necessity & Medicare Fraud
Medical necessity fraud is one of the most common variants of Medicare fraud, it is also one of the toughest to prove. Wikipedia says medical necessity “is a United States legal doctrine, related to...
View ArticleBard Hernia Mesh Legal Claim Center (All Mesh Cases)
Hernia repair surgery is one of the most common surgeries in America. There are more than a million procedures performed each year. And about 300,000 involve the use of surgical mesh implants. Roughly...
View ArticleRegen Series ® Stem Cell Products Recall – Dangerous Drug Lawsuit
Stem cell therapy is the new frontier of medicine. The scientific technology already exists to guide stem cells into becoming specific cells that can be used to repair diseased human tissues. Patients...
View ArticleThe Opioid Crisis – How One Family Is Fighting Back
Last year an estimated 72,000 people died of overdoses. That’s more deaths than from H.I.V., gun violence or even car crashes. For most, the drug of choice was heroin or some other opioid. There are...
View ArticleWhistleblower Rewards & Iran Sanctions Violations
Treasury Warns Banks, Others of Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Risks Associated with Iran Sanctions The U.S. Treasury Department issued new warning to U.S....
View ArticleNew Horizons Therapeutic Services – Medicaid Fraud Investigation
New Horizons Therapeutic Services is a substance abuse treatment facility located in Dayton, Ohio. According to their Facebook page, their mission “is to provide effective and efficient, data-driven...
View ArticleHigh Drama Over $289 Million Monsanto Roundup Verdict
We were euphoric when a San Francisco jury awarded a former school groundskeeper $289 million after finding that he likely developed Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma as the result of repeated exposure to...
View ArticleCourt Oks Whistleblower Claims Against Academy Mortgage
An underwriter working for Academy Mortgage was given the greenlight to pursue mortgage fraud claims on behalf of the United States. In 2016, Gwen Thrower filed a federal False Claims Act whistleblower...
View ArticleHSBC Finally Gets It Right (Bank Fraud Whistleblower Post)
Anyone who reads this blog or our sister Banking Misconduct blog knows we are no fans of big banks. Countless times we discussed the latest wrongdoing at HSBC, Wells Fargo or Bank of America....
View ArticleOcwen – Another Home Taken, Another Family Destroyed
[Ed Note: We rarely publish stories from clients or readers. The exception, of course, is if someone wants their story told. This story from “Brandi” is one of many horror tales involving Ocwen. In our...
View ArticleMonsanto vs Scientific Community – The War of Words Continues
As regular readers of this blog know, we believe that Monsanto’s RoundUp weed killer kills more than weeds. Many medical and public health officials believe it is linked to several deadly cancers such...
View ArticleNevada Sales Tax Whistleblower Rewards
Nevada is just one of a small handful of states that offer whistleblower awards for unpaid taxes. New York and Illinois have a long history of paying big awards to whistleblowers who report businesses...
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