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Like many states, New York has its own Whistleblower Law designed to help protect employees from any type of retaliation or damages due to them blowing the whistle on any misconduct, corruption, criminal activity, conflicts of interest, gross mismanagement, and abuse of authority. In order to guarantee the effectiveness of this law, it has been …

Providence Health & Services Washington (Providence) is a health care and hospital system operating in several states, specifically in western states of the U.S. At its St. Mary’s Medical Center in Walla Walla, Washington, Providence established a compensation system for its neurosurgeons based on the number and complexity of surgical procedures. This system incentivized neurosurgeons …

Although the federal False Claims Act is associated with recoveries from healthcare sector fraud, many non-healthcare cases are filed yearly. This leads to many recoveries which compete in size with those from healthcare fraud cases. The following are the top three non-healthcare False Claims Act cases in 2021 based on the amount recovered: Balfour Beatty …

National Whistleblower Appreciation Day is the celebration of a concept that dates back to the founding of the United States of America. On July 30, 1778, Congress passed the first whistleblower law that allowed citizens to report wrongdoings by people in power. In honor of this important moment in the United State’s legal history, the …

The University of Maryland Shore Regional Health is part of the University of Maryland Medical System, which provides healthcare services to thousands of residents in the mid-Shore region in Maryland. Part of their services includes an extensive cancer care program with a team that includes oncologists, radiologists, pathologists, nurses, and rehabilitation workers. They have been …

One of the oldest tools the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has to help reduce fraudulent activities and protect investors in this more connected and globalized world is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The FCPA provides a reward of 10%-30% of collected monies worth over $1 million recovered by a successful enforcement action by the …

One of the best tools the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has to help reduce fraudulent activities and protect investors is its Whistleblower Program, which provides a reward of 10%-30% of monies collected over $1 million recovered by a successful enforcement by the government. Individuals must bring the SEC information that proves relevant and useful to …

Our 2021 Top Three Environmental Recoveries list includes enforcement actions against automakers, metal producers, and pipeline companies. Our Top Three Environmental Fraud Recoveries of 2021 are: 1. Toyota  For the third year in a row, an automaker makes its way to the first place on the leaderboard with a $180 million settlement. Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed …

Since the formation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Whistleblower Program in 2011, original information provided by whistleblowers has led to enforcement actions in which the SEC has recovered over $1.2 billion. The whistleblower program was established to incentivize individuals to report high-quality tips to the Commission and help the agency detect wrongdoing, and …

Money laundering is the act of concealing the origins of money, usually of criminal origin. When people obtain funds from criminal endeavors, they must find ways to use the money in a non-suspicious manner, since possessing large amounts of money with no legal explanation raises red flags. Many criminal organizations have used the art market …