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March 07, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
In January 2018, the New York / New Jersey Port Authority enacted its own False Claims policy as part of sweeping integrity reforms designed to ensure that fraud and ethical misconduct by contractors and vendors are detected and stopped. The new False Claims policy will punish contractors and vendors who intentionally make material false statements […]
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December 15, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Sean P. Keefe After seven years with the James Hoyer law firm, Partner Sean Keefe is making a big move. Sean is joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida. He will work in the False Claims Act unit, continuing to fight fraud against the government, just as he did here at […]
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November 21, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Working its way through the appellate system in the D.C. Circuit is a case that could have a major impact on the IRS Whistleblower Program. Since 2006, the IRS has had discretion to provide awards to whistleblowers who report information that leads to the IRS collecting proceeds of $2 million or less. For cases where […]
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November 06, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Dr. Judy Robinson, James Hoyer client and whistleblower in the $18 million IU Health/HealthNet case, spoke on the whistleblower panel at the annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Conference in Washington D.C. on November 3rd. Dr. Robinson gave a powerful presentation talking about the important and sometimes difficult road whistleblowers face in order to do the right […]
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October 30, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
James Hoyer Law Firm Partner Jesse Hoyer is an expert on for-profit colleges. She’s led multiple lawsuits against these school for misleading students and ripping off taxpayers. Watch the video above to see an excerpt from the report which includes attorney Jesse Hoyer’s interview. Attorney Jesse Hoyer Interviewed In the report, Florida Investigator Reporter Katie […]
Learn MoreOctober 06, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Alden, New York-based contractors, Zoladz Construction Company Inc. (ZCCI), Arsenal Contracting LLC (Arsenal), and Alliance Contracting LLC (Alliance), along with two owners, John Zoladz of Darien, New York, and David Lyons of Grand Island, New York, have agreed to pay the United States more than $3 million to settle allegations that they violated the False […]
Learn MoreSeptember 14, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
MediSys Health Network Inc., which owns and operates Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and Flushing Hospital and Medical Center, two hospitals in Queens, New York, has agreed to pay $4 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians, the Justice Department announced today. The […]
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August 24, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
In late July, the Second Circuit United States Court of Appeals issued an opinion captioned Fabula v. American Medical Response, Inc. that should provide some comfort for whistleblowers who are contemplating bringing a False Claims Act case in connection with their refusal to take part in a potentially fraudulent scheme. The Fabula court was presented […]
Learn MoreAugust 24, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General for the New York Region (“HHS-OIG”), announced that the United States has settled a civil fraud case against US […]
Learn MoreAugust 22, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced that Sightpath Medical, Inc. (n/k/a Sightpath Medical, LLC) (“Sightpath”), TLC Vision Corporation (n/k/a TLC Vision (USA, LLC)) (“TLC”) (collectively the “Sightpath Entities”) and their former CEO, JAMES TIFFANY, have agreed to pay more than $12 million to the United States to resolve kickback allegations under the […]
Learn MoreAugust 18, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Pharmaceutical companies Mylan Inc. and Mylan Specialty L.P. have agreed to pay $465 million to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly misclassifying EpiPen as a generic drug to avoid paying rebates owed primarily to Medicaid, the Justice Department announced today. Mylan Inc. and Mylan Specialty L.P. are both wholly owned […]
Learn MoreAugust 16, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (HII), a publicly traded company headquartered in Newport, Virginia, has agreed to a $9.2 million settlement of allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly overbilling the government for labor on U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships at its shipyards in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Under the settlement, HII will make […]
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