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October 28, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Some potential clients have asked: are federal agencies immune from whistleblower cases? For example, a federal health agency employee may have witnessed what they perceive the be wasteful spending of Medicare dollars or in some cases outright fraud. As any taxpayer would, they’d like to report what they’ve seen done with taxpayer money, and if […]
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October 23, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
James Hoyer Partner Jillian Estes – speaking at 16th Annual Pharma Congress, Washington D.C. James Hoyer Partner Jillian Estes joined other experts in qui tam litigation for a discussion of whistleblower cases against Big Pharma, at the 16th Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress and Best Practices Forum. This summer, James Hoyer client Peggy Ryan was awarded close […]
Learn MoreOctober 20, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
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October 06, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Last month, Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates issued a memorandum on behalf of the Department of Justice (DOJ) that should help whistleblowers nationwide. The memorandum instructs DOJ attorneys investigating criminal and civil corporate misconduct to zero-in on the individual wrongdoers rather than just the corporate entity. The guidance will hopefully lead to larger, quicker settlements […]
Learn MoreSeptember 22, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The Department of Justice announced one of the largest False Claims Act settlements ever over Stark Statute violations, related to improper compensation to doctors for referrals. Adventist Health System has agreed to pay more than $118 million to settle allegations from multiple whistleblowers. The U.S. government will receive $115 million and $3.75 million will go […]
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September 16, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
In our experience, whistleblowers by and large do not do it for the money. Rather they bring the case in order to right a wrong inflicted upon their government and fellow taxpayers. That said, whistleblowers are financially incentivized to bring their cases. Section 3730(d)(1) of the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. §§3729-33 provides that […]
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September 16, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Bill James – Founding Partner Bill James was one of the founding partners of the James Hoyer law firm. He was always known as a man of integrity, strength and fearlessness. It’s been 40 years since he battled Tampa’s mafia, despite the personal danger he faced as a result. Tampa Tribune writer Paul Guzzo takes […]
Learn MoreSeptember 14, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Judy Hoyer is one of the founding partners of the James Hoyer law firm. She made her name as a prosecutor and carried that experience into private practice here as a whistleblower attorney at the James Hoyer law firm, with a focus on qui tam litigation. Judy believes that the means and methods of committing […]
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August 31, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Pictured left to right: Adam Hoyer, Chris Hoyer, Angie Moreschi, Jim Ross, Jillian Estes, and Sean Estes The annual James Hoyer law firm baseball outing was great fun once again. Every year, we gather with our family and friends at Tropicana Field to enjoy America’s great pastime, good food and good company. It’s always a […]
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August 27, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Last month, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important ruling for whistleblower lawsuits, reversing 23-years of bad law pertaining to what a relator must prove to overcome the Public Disclosure Bar. The Public Disclosure Bar seeks to prevent lawsuits by “opportunistic plaintiffs who have no significant information to contribute of their own.” Graham County Soil […]
Learn MoreAugust 25, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The United States Department of Justice announced today that Quest Diagnostics Inc. and Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc. (collectively “Quest Diagnostics”) have paid the United States $1.79 million to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act. This settlement resolves allegations that Quest Diagnostics submitted duplicative claims to Medicare for certain venipuncture services and […]
Learn MoreAugust 12, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
13 WTHR Indianapolis The case of a baby who suffered permanent neurological damage during birth was exposed in a whistleblower case filed by James Hoyer client Dr. Judith Robinson. WTHR, the NBC affiliate in Indianapolis, profiled the story of little Denise and her mom, Nancy Koger. The Koger’s case was one of three permanently injured […]
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