Monthly Archives: November 2015
Senate Once Again Looks at Antitrust Whistleblower Protection Bill
In June, some members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee introduced a new measure entitled the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2015. This bill, if approved, would add some additional protection for whistleblowers who give information to the Department of Justice about certain wrongdoing and criminal violations of federal antitrust laws. The legislation wouldn’t just […]
Armani Accused of Retaliating Against Whistleblower Who Claims Racial Discrimination
The Giorgio Armani Corporation recently became the target of a whistleblower lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, by Norma Moreno, a former sales associate for the well-known brand. Moreno claims Barbara Camozzi, the general manager of the luxury fashion retailer, regularly discriminated against minority customers and employees and that […]
Judge Sides with Lincare in Whistleblower Lawsuit
A Florida judge recently shot down a False Claims Act lawsuit filed against Lincare Inc. after a plaintiff accused the medical supplies company of fraudulent billing and making a number of improper Medicare telemarketing phone calls. According to the judge, the two former employees of Lincare who brought the suit did not provide enough evidence […]
A Roundup of Recently Unsealed Health Care Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases
There were 36 different qui tam cases related to healthcare law that have recently been unsealed, eight of which were filed just within the past year and others of which were filed as far back as nine years ago. These 36 cases comprised claims filed in federal courts across 18 states. Eight of the cases […]
Allied Dental Forced to Pay $420,000 to Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit
Allied Dental Practices of New Jersey agreed to pay a $420,000 settlement in a case involving a whistleblower who alleged the company simply deleted accounts in which it still owed money to patients and insurers. According to the complaint, some of the deleted accounts included debts to patients of more than $1,000, money that — […]
SEC Backs Protections in Place for Internal Whistleblowers
Some new guidance provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this summer gave some additional reinforcement to the agency’s stance that whistleblowers who report misconduct through their company’s internal channels rather than immediately going to the SEC are still protected by the Dodd-Frank Act’s retaliation provisions. However, there is still some debate over the […]
Whistleblower: Medicare Advantage Overcharged for Home Visits
A whistleblower case in Texas has come into the spotlight with allegations that a medical consulting firm is overbilling Medicare for in-home patient examinations. The details of the case were unsealed in June, and it’s only the latest of at least six other whistleblower claims filed in the last five years alleging billing fraud by […]
Jury Awards $1.6 Million to Whistleblower in Sarbanes-Oxley Case
A federal jury in New York recently awarded $1.6 million to a whistleblower who provided useful information in a retaliation lawsuit under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This award is consistent with a recent national trend of awarding whistleblowers with large sums of compensation, the idea being that larger rewards lead to more whistleblowers willing to come […]
Hair Stylist Awarded $80,000 in Punitive Damages for Role as Whistleblower
The court in Peasley v. Regis Corporation recently resulted in the jury presenting an $80,000 award in punitive damages to the plaintiff, Valerie Peasley, who worked as a hairstylist under the employment of the Regis Corporation. According to Peasley, she had informed her manager at the salon that several coworkers were both using and selling […]
