August 22, 2025 | Posted By: Emma Doull
On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division announced a new whistleblower program designed to encourage individuals to report antitrust violations. This marks the first time the DOJ has introduced a system that provides monetary rewards to whistleblowers who help expose and prosecute criminal antitrust conduct tied to the U.S. Postal […]
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March 28, 2025 | Posted By: Emma Doull
In 2024 and early 2025, multiple federal court rulings struck down executive attempts to unilaterally freeze foreign aid, slash agency budgets, and expand presidential authority. These developments highlight a less-discussed but critical battleground: who controls the purse strings of public programs, and what happens when those strings are cut by politics instead of policy? At […]
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March 14, 2025 | Posted By: Emma Doull
In recent months, a series of legal decisions and executive actions have spotlighted the ongoing tension between the False Claims Act (“FCA”) and executive efforts to limit oversight. For whistleblowers, taxpayers, and ethical contractors, these developments are not just courtroom drama; they represent a shifting legal landscape that may impact the future of fraud enforcement. […]
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February 28, 2025 | Posted By: Emma Doull
In early 2025, millions of federal employees received a jarring email: (1) resign now, and you’ll get paid through September, or (2) prepare to be fired based on changing standards. The message, titled “Fork in the Road,” came from the Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) under the direction of the Trump administration. It promised up […]
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February 14, 2025 | Posted By: Emma Doull
At Hoyer Law Group, our whistleblower attorneys stay on the front lines of change—closely monitoring how legal and political developments impact False Claims Act (“FCA”) enforcement. In our view, the FCA remains the government’s most potent tool to fight fraud, and for whistleblowers, it’s a gateway to exposing wrongdoing and recovering substantial awards. This blog […]
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January 20, 2025 | Posted By: Emma Doull
As 2024 drew to a close, significant legal developments reshaped the landscape of whistleblower protections and False Claims Act (“FCA”) litigation. Courts issued pivotal rulings, agencies pursued major settlements, and new constitutional challenges emerged that could alter the future of qui tam enforcement. For our federal whistleblower lawyer and those engaged in FCA cases, these […]
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November 12, 2024 | Posted By: Jessica Hoyer Estes
A relator (whistleblower) is someone who files a qui tam, or False Claims Act, lawsuit on behalf the US government. They don’t have to be directly harmed by the fraud. Most people can be relators, but there are some key points to consider. To be a relator in a qui tam lawsuit under the False […]
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November 05, 2024 | Posted By: Jessica Hoyer Estes
Under the False Claims Act, the Department of Justice (DOJ) recovered more than $1.8 billion from settlements and judgments related to federal health matters in the last fiscal year. This amount represents about two-thirds of the DOJ’s total monetary fraud recoveries. Scams affected various sectors of the healthcare industry, including managed care providers, hospitals, pharmacies, […]
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October 15, 2024 | Posted By: Jessica Hoyer Estes
A CFTC whistleblower is an individual who reports violations of the Commodity Exchange Act to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). This act regulates commodity futures and options markets in the United States, and the CFTC enforces laws to prevent fraud, manipulation, and other illegal activities in these markets. The CFTC Whistleblower Program encourages individuals […]
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September 18, 2024 | Posted By: Jessica Hoyer Estes
On August 1, the Department of Justice officially launched and released the framework for its new Corporate Whistleblower Awards (CWA) Pilot Program. This establishes– for the first time– an official whistleblower award program offering financial awards to individuals who come forward with information about corporate misconduct. There are five critical differences in the CWA Pilot Program […]
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September 16, 2024 | Posted By: Jessica Hoyer Estes
DOJ Joins Whistleblower’s False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Georgia Tech Over Cybersecurity Failures Late last month, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), accusing it of not meeting cybersecurity requirements for U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contracts. This is part of DOJ’s Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative […]
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September 13, 2024 | Posted By: Jessica Hoyer Estes
Hoyer Law Group, in partnership with counsel from Waters Kraus Paul & Siegelis, is pleased to announce its involvement in a False Claims Act case against Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., which led to a settlement in excess of $100 million. Walgreens to Pay $106.8 Million for False Claims Act Violations Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and […]
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