Firm News

Lead Attorney Jesse Hoyer The Department of Justice recently announced that Education Affiliates, a for-profit education company, agreed to pay $13 million to the United States to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act.  The company was accused of...

Peggy Ryan In a striking decision, Endo Pharmaceuticals former employee Peggy Ryan was granted a whistleblower award close to the maximum percentage that a whistleblower can receive in a False Claims Act case. United States District Court Judge Robert Kelly in the...

Attorney Jillian Estes and Sofia In addition to her work as a whistleblower attorney, James Hoyer Partner Jillian Estes devotes her time to pro bono work handling international child abduction cases which fall under the Hague Convention.  In her latest case, she...

VMware Inc. and Carahsoft Technology Corporation have agreed to pay $75.5 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by misrepresenting their commercial pricing practices and overcharging the government on VMware software products and...

James Hoyer whistleblower attorneys Sean Estes and Jesse Hoyer swapped their suits for spandex to successfully complete the 2015 Crystal River Triathlon on June 13th. The triathlon included a 0.25 mile swim, a 15 mile ride, and a 3 mile run. Although Sean beat Jesse...

The United States Department of Justice released this statement in regards to the settlement: Children’s Hospital, Children’s National Medical Center Inc. and its affiliated entities (collectively CNMC) have agreed to pay $12.9 million to resolve allegations that they...

Dr. Judy Robinson, represented by James Hoyer whistleblower attorneys, filed a qui tam case that was the subject of an in-depth story on Al Jazeera America’s flagship news program America Tonight.  Dr. Robinson’s suit alleges poor, pregnant women and their newborn...

First Tennessee Bank N.A. has agreed to pay the United States $212.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly originating and underwriting mortgage loans insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD)...

The Department of Justice announced today that this June, 77,795 service members will begin receiving $60 million in compensation for having been charged excess interest on their student loans by Navient Corp., the student loan servicer formerly part of Sallie Mae. ...

Garden State Cardiovascular Specialists P.C. (Garden State), a cardiology practice which owns and operates several facilities in New Jersey under the name NJ MedCare/NJ Heart, has agreed to pay more than $3.6 million to resolve allegations that its facilities falsely...