Record Whistleblower Award by the CFTC
August 17, 2018The Commodities Future Trading Commission (CFTC) gave out the largest whistleblower award in its history on July 12, 2018:...
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SC Man Liable in $51 Million Whistleblower Case
March 27, 2018Three separate qui tam cases that ended up being litigated as one concluded on January 31, 2018, when a...
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Brave New World: Cryptocurrencies and Whistleblowers
February 14, 2018Cryptocurrencies—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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More Than $20 Million in Recent SEC WB Awards
December 29, 2017Three 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, 2017With certain investigations into violations of the False Claims Act (FCA), a critical issue is whether someone knew that...
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The “Duty Speech” Doctrine and Whistleblowers
November 9, 2017Workers who blow the whistle on illegal actions generally are—and should be—protected from retaliation by their employer and others....
Read MoreBert Louthian Representing Client in Lawsuit Against SCANA
October 24, 2017South Carolina residents have likely seen several headlines recently regarding energy-based holding company SCANA and several lawsuits that have...
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Tesla Caught in Visa Whistleblower Case
October 13, 2017Many of the False Claims Act’s (FCA) cases concern Medicare fraud, defense contractor fraud, and financial industry fraud, so...
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A Multimillion-Dollar Whistleblower Settlement—with Two Unusual Aspects
September 12, 2017Over the past several years, dozens of whistleblower cases involving pharmaceutical companies have been settled, with the largest fine...
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