May 19, 2021 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam recently signed new laws that provide employees with greater rights in many aspects of their employment. Of these new laws, House Bill 798 is an extensive whistleblower law that grants employees a great deal of protection from their employer’s retaliation. This law, which becomes effective July 1, 2020, is the first […]
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May 19, 2021 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
On June 19, 2020, the Department of Justice raised the civil penalties applicable to False Claims Act actions. The civil penalty range prior to the increase was a minimum of $11,181 and a maximum of $22,363 per claim. This range has now increased to a minimum of $11,665 and a maximum of $23,331 per claim. […]
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May 19, 2021 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A panel of judges in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a district court decision to vacate a $348 million jury verdict in a False Claims Act case. The panel instructed the district court to reinstate the jury’s verdict in favor of the relator, the United States, and the State […]
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May 19, 2021 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
On June 22, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that a lower court was wrong when it claimed to need more time to decide whether qualified immunity protected two West Virginia officials accused of misusing $42 million in funding. The Fourth Circuit reasoned that the lower court’s desire for […]
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May 19, 2021 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
David L. Haron Hoyer Law Group, PLLC, is pleased to announce an $8 million settlement of a lawsuit brought on behalf of its whistleblower client Jeffrey S. Hawk against CWD Holdings, LLC (CWD), and other defendants. David L. Haron had the privilege to be lead counsel for Mr. Hawk. CWD, a California-based company, is one […]
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January 27, 2020 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Hoyer Law Group, PLLC, of Tampa, FL, and The Rabon Law Firm of Charlotte, NC are pleased to announce the settlement of a False Claims Act lawsuit brought against numerous defendants in one of the largest-ever Medicare fraud cases involving telemedicine and durable medical equipment (DME). Whistleblowers bring False Claims Act lawsuits on behalf of […]
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May 03, 2019 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
California Assembly Bill 1270 was introduced on February 21, 2019. If it becomes law, it would amend the state’s False Claims Act to remove the bar against tax-related false claims.The bill, as introduced, would expressly authorize tax-related false claims actions against a person or company whose reported taxable income, net income, or sales totaled $500,000 […]
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January 30, 2019 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Yesterday, Deputy Associate Attorney General Stephen Cox delivered remarks on the False Claims Act and qui tam enforcement by the Department of Justice. His speech touched on five major topics: Fraud on the Taxpayer Qui Tam Dismissals Subregulatory Guidance Piling On Cooperation Credit Of note for whistleblowers was the Deputy Associate AG’s emphasis that, despite fears to the contrary, […]
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January 15, 2019 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
New provisions of the Justice Manual that were circulated by the Deputy Attorney General recently provide new insight on how the Department of Justice will implement the Brand Memo in False Claims Act cases. The Brand Memo was issued on January 25, 2018 and quickly spread through the whistleblower legal community as it seemed to limit […]
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December 28, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently issued its report on False Claims Act cases for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2018. In the report, DOJ cited James Hoyer’s case against Prime Healthcare as an example of DOJ’s efforts to hold individuals accountable for fraud: Prime Healthcare Services Inc., Prime Healthcare Foundation Inc., and Prime […]
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November 07, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The IRS might be hampering its own whistleblower program by not implementing policies and procedures to incentivize whistleblower rewards. Since 2007, the IRS Whistleblower Program has helped collect $3.6 billion, from which whistleblowers received anywhere from 15 percent to 20 percent of the proceeds of an individual funds recovery. The problem, according to the Government […]
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October 31, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued its annual report this month. The 31-page document evidences the CFTC’s heightened anti-fraud efforts and the increased rewards that we are seeing for those who come forward to report fraud through the CFTC Whistleblower Program that has resulted in almost $100 million in rewards. Some highlights for 2018 […]
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