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U.S. Intervenes In False Claims Act Case Alleging Kickbacks For Ambulance Services

January 26, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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 […]

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Attorney General Nominee Pledges Support to Fight Fraud using False Claims Act

January 11, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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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DOJ: $4.7 Billion In Recoveries From 2016 Whistleblower Cases

December 30, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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 […]

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New Study Proclaims the Value of Whistleblowers

December 19, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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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Whistleblowers Earn Unanimous Supreme Court Win On Seal Violation Issue

December 13, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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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SEC Whistleblower Program reports that 2016 was a record-breaking year

November 23, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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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James Hoyer Partner Interviewed about Miami Whistleblower Ruling

November 07, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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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Another “Managed Repair” Homeowners Insurance Nightmare

November 04, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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ABC News in Tampa interviews Katie and Chris Morales about managed repair problems. ABC Action News in Tampa told the story of another “managed repair” nightmare for homeowners in Florida. Katie and Chris Morales of Tampa have been battling their home insurance company, Florida Peninsula, ever since problems developed following repairs made to their home […]

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Supreme Court Arguments on Seal Seem to Favor Relators

November 03, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Oral arguments were held before the Supreme Court this week in the case of State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. U.S. ex rel. Rigsby.  The decade-old case originates from claims made by Cori and Kerrie Rigsby, sisters from Alabama, who filed a False Claims Act case alleging that State Farm defrauded the government in […]

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Skilled Nursing Company to Pay $145 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Case

October 25, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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On October 24, 2016, the Department of Justice announced a settlement with Life Care Centers of America Inc. (Life Care) and its owner, Forrest L. Preston. The defendants agreed to pay $145 million to resolve a lawsuit alleging that Life Care violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by knowingly causing skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to […]

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