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March 23, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Although a vast majority of states (and the District of Columbia) have False Claims Acts to protect their taxpayer dollars, twenty states still have not enacted effective anti-fraud legislation. Pennsylvania is one of those states lacking a False Claims Act law. Despite various lawmakers – on both sides of the aisle – introducing versions of […]
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March 13, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Is a state or state agency a “person” for False Claim Act (FCA) whistleblower purposes? This question is important because the language attaches liability to “any person who knowingly presents….false or fraudulent claims.” Since its inception in 1863, the FCA has been used by whistleblowers to recover money from individuals, corporations, and government contractors. Over […]
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March 06, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
(From L to R) Boston University Associate Professor Maggie Mulvihill, James Hoyer law firm investigator Jim Ross and attorney Jennifer Mansfield James Hoyer law firm investigator Jim Ross was featured on a panel at the Investigative Reporters and Editors regional conference in Jacksonville, this weekend. Jim shared his expertise on negotiating for public records with […]
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March 02, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
James Hoyer Partner Jillian Estes interviewed by ABC Action News about the PTP whistleblower case settlement People Technology & Processes, LLC (“PTP”), a defense contractor based in Lakeland, Florida, agreed to settle a whistleblower case in which the company was accused of billing for work never performed for the U.S. Army in Afghanistan, the James […]
Learn MoreJanuary 30, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A blow was dealt to Prime Healthcare as a California federal court issued three rulings denying motions filed on behalf of the hospital corporation. As a result, an important whistleblower case, alleging Prime inappropriately admitted patients to increase profits, will move forward. “This is a very important ruling,” said James Hoyer Law Firm Partner Elaine […]
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January 26, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The United States filed a complaint on January 23, 2017, officially intervening in an alleged kickback scheme against East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System, Inc., East Texas Medical Center Regional Health Services, Inc. (together “ETMC”), Paramedics Plus, LLC, Emergency Medical Services Authority (“EMSA”), and EMSA’s President, Herbert Stephen Williamson, alleging, among other things, violations […]
Learn MoreJanuary 11, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions is being questioned this week at confirmation hearings on his nomination for U.S. Attorney General by President-elect Donald Trump. On Tuesday, Senator Sessions pledged his support to fighting fraud against the government and his support of the False Claims Act as a means to do so. During his opening statement, Senator […]
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December 30, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The United States released data last week showing that the Department of Justice (DOJ) recovered more than $4.7 billion in 2016 from settlements and judgments in whistleblower cases involving fraud or false claims against the government. This is the third largest annual recovery in the history of the modern False Claims Act (FCA), which dates […]
Learn MoreDecember 19, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Whistleblowers are getting a pat on the back from a new study by a University of Iowa assistant professor of accounting. The research by Jaron Wilde shows that these insiders, often former or current employees of a target company, have an impact in getting the companies to change their bad behavior. New York Times reporter […]
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December 13, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Last week, the Supreme Court issued an 8-0 decision in State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. v. United States ex rel. Rigsby, finding in favor of the whistleblowers a little more than a month after holding oral arguments. As we wrote in November, this decade-old case originates from a property insurance claim made in the […]
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November 23, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
On the eve of Thanksgiving, one thing we can be thankful for is the great year that the SEC Whistleblower Program had protecting the United States markets from fraud. In its annual report to Congress, the SEC detailed several encouraging trends that it experienced in the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2016. Probably the […]
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November 07, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Sean P. Keefe – James Hoyer Partner James Hoyer Partner Sean Keefe, an expert on SEC whistleblower cases, lauded a recent Miami appeals court ruling that helps to protect whistleblowers. Florida’s Third District Court of Appeals rejected a lower court ruling that whistlebower protections do not apply to employees who are supposed to report fraud […]
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