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April 27, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Dr. Judy Robinson with Tyler & Koger families. A whistleblower suit filed by Dr. Judith Robinson under the False Claims Act has led to an $18 million settlement with two of Indiana’s largest health care providers. Indiana University Health and HealthNet have agreed to pay $18 million to the federal government and State of Indiana […]
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April 19, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether an Atlanta-based hedge fund is violating federal securities laws by guaranteeing to its investors that they won’t lose money. Statim Holdings Inc., headed by Joseph Meyer, Jr., is the parent company for Arjun LP, a hedge fund that previously ranked eighth among hedge funds with between $250 […]
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April 11, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The ABC station in Orlando profiles our payday lending class action case which is finally moving forward after nearly 20 years. Click on the video above to watch the story. Justice could be nearing after almost two decades. The James Hoyer law firm is part of a team of lawyers on this important payday lending […]
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April 03, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The fight against fraud received some significant help last week when Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Wyden introduced legislation geared to strengthen the IRS Whistleblower program. If passed into law, the IRS Whistleblower Improvements Act of 2017 will provide greater protections to whistleblowers from employer retaliation and will also foster greater communications between the IRS […]
Learn MoreMarch 29, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Ron Wyden today introduced bipartisan legislation to improve IRS communication with tax fraud whistleblowers and protect those whistleblowers from workplace retaliation, they announced in a news release. “Whistleblowers have helped the IRS recover more than $3 billion for the taxpayers that otherwise would have been lost to fraud,” Grassley said. […]
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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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