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Study Shows Whistleblowers Help Curb Fraud
According to a study by Jaron H. Wilde at the University of Iowa (an assistant professor of accounting in the Tippie College of Business), whistleblowers...
Senator Grassley Pitches Trump on Whistleblowers
Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley and the lead GOP sponsor of the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 was interviewed recently about some of his...
Successful Whistleblower Brian Shields Interviewed by the Los Angeles Times
Brian Shields, a client of Nolan Auerbach & White, filed a successful whistleblower claim against Genentech and OSI. He was recently interviewed by the Los...
SEC Whistleblower Program Takes Flight with Multimillion Dollar Whistleblower Rewards
As part of the much-discussed Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, Congress launched the SEC Whistleblower Program to entice employees to come forward with credible evidence of...
Medical Device Manufacturer Triggered False Claims Act Liability by Allegedly Submitting False NIH Grant Application
Each year, the federal government doles out billions of dollars in grant money, some of which is acquired or used based upon fraudulent misrepresentations made...
FCA Liability Awaits Medical Device Companies That Submit False 510(k) Notices to Avoid Class III Premarket Approval Process
Increasingly, the United State Department of Justice is cracking down on medical device makers who fraudulently obtain FDA clearance for their products. DOJ is particularly...
Hospitals in Trouble for Improperly Billing Medicare and Medicaid Health Care Programs
St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey recently resolved allegations with the Department of Justice that it falsely billed Medicare and Medicaid for medically...
Whistleblower Motivations
Nolan Auerbach & White 3 named partners themselves have collectively has represented the interests of whistleblowers for over 50 years! Thousands of potential healthcare whistleblowers...
California Hospital Agrees to Settle With Department of Justice for Millions
The Department of Justice recently announced that Tri-City Medical Center, a hospital located in Southern California, has agreed to pay over $3.2 million to resolve...