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January 13, 2011 | Posted By: Sean Estes
From Justice.gov: (HOUSTON) – HMS Diagnostics Inc. (HMSD Inc.), HMS Diagnostics LLC, (HMSD LLC), Health Management Services Inc. (HMS Inc.) and John Carl Goodman have paid more than $550,0000 in damages to settle alleged violations of the federal False Claims Act, acting United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today. While not admitting liability, HMSD Inc., […]
Learn MoreNovember 23, 2010 | Posted By: Sean Estes
For fiscal 2010, which ended in September, such recoveries totaled $3 billion in civil judgments and settlements, the department said in a news release. About three-quarters of that amount resulted from so-called “qui tam” lawsuits brought by whistleblowers who are then entitled to between 15 percent and 30 percent of the money recovered. For fiscal […]
Learn MoreNovember 22, 2010 | Posted By: Sean Estes
From Justice.gov: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice secured $3 billion in civil settlements and judgments in cases involving fraud against the government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, Tony West, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, announced today. This includes $2.5 billion in health care fraud recoveries—the largest in history—and represents […]
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October 10, 2010 | Posted By: Sean Estes
Senior Partner John Yanchunis, Associate Sean Estes Run Marathons for Charity Recently, Senior Partner John Yanchunis ran the ING New York City Marathon to support Team For Kids. Sean Estes ran the 10/10/10 race in Chicago to benefit the American Brain Tumor Association.
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August 10, 2010 | Posted By: Sean Estes
Please join us in congratulating James Hoyer Senior Partner John Yanchunis for receiving the Florida Bar Foundation’s “President’s Award for Excellence.” The award is a great honor. It recognizes outstanding leadership in promoting the Foundation’s mission to help provide legal assistance to the poor. John secured a cy pres award for nearly $300,000 for the […]
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August 01, 2010 | Posted By: Sean Estes
It’s always been possible — in theory — for whistleblowers to earn rewards for reporting certain types of wrongdoing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, but the new SEC whistleblower provisions in the recently-enacted financial reform act open the door to multi-million dollar awards for whistleblowers who report securities fraud to the government. The Federal […]
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June 24, 2010 | Posted By: Sean Estes
Attorney Nicole Mayer was a panelist at an important education conference in Chicago hosted by the Rainbow Push Coalition. She had the opportunity to discuss concerns about student loans and for-profit schools with Deputy Undersecretary of the Department of Education Robert Shireman, and President of Bennettt College, Dr. Julianne Malveaux. Nicole was inspired to see […]
Learn MoreApril 10, 2010 | Posted By: Sean Estes
From Justice.gov: AstraZeneca LP and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP will pay $520 million to resolve allegations that AstraZeneca illegally marketed the anti-psychotic drug Seroquel for uses not approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services’ Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) announced […]
Learn MoreMarch 08, 2010 | Posted By: Sean Estes
From NewMexicoIndependent.com: Attorney General Gary King would get extra muscle to go after taxpayer money lost to fraud, if Gov. Bill Richardson signs a state budget the Legislature passed last week. The budget earmarks $150,000 for King to hire a full-time attorney to focus on court complaints filed by citizens who believe that the state has been […]
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March 01, 2010 | Posted By: Sean Estes
Senior Partner John Yanchunis and Associate Sean Estes complete 15K run in Tampa’s Gasparilla Distance Classic.
Learn MoreDecember 15, 2009 | Posted By: Sean Estes
The country’s largest for-profit college will pay nearly $80 million dollars to settle allegations that it defrauded the U.S. Department of Education. The settlement comes after two former employees of the school pressed the case alleging University of Phoenix obtained billions in federal student loan and Pell Grant funds based on false statements of compliance […]
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December 04, 2009 | Posted By: Sean Estes
The US Department of Education is proposing new regulatory language to reign in the abuse of federal financial aid programs by for-profit colleges. James Hoyer Attorney Jillian Estes testified before the Dept. of Ed’s Negotiated Rule Making Committee in June, 2009, making specific recommendations to eliminate incentive compensation, where for-profit colleges provide bonuses and other […]
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