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Register for 2024 “Whistleblower Law Symposium”–Live Event (Virtually) on March 13
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Wall Street Journal Begins Examining IRS Violations Exposed by Mormon Whistleblower Regarding Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc.
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On 60 Minutes, LDS Church admits “bailout” of for-profit business by Ensign Peak – which shows Ensign Peak cannot be tax-exempt.
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60 Minutes Interviews Our IRS & SEC Whistleblower Client David Nielsen: “Mormon Blows Whistle on Church’s Alleged ‘Clandestine Hedge Fund'”
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Amid Bank Bailouts, SEC Whistleblower Improvements Urged by Senators Grassley & Warren
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COVID-19 Government Spending Must Be Protected by Whistleblowers–Through the False Claims Act and State False Claims Acts
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SEC Targets COVID-19 Fraud, and Its Success Will Depend on SEC Whistleblowers
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$465 Million Settlement in Our Client’s Qui Tam Whistleblower Case Over Pharmaceutical Manufacturer’s Underpaying Medicaid Rebates for New EpiPen Products
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$145 Million Settlement: Largest in History by Department of Justice and Finch McCranie, LLP in Any Skilled Nursing Facility Healthcare Fraud Case
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“The False Claims Act at 30”–What the Future Holds for Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases
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SuperLawyers Recognizes for 11th Year Finch McCranie’s Michael A. Sullivan
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Justice Department’s New Focus on Individuals’ Liability in “Yates Memo” Should Impact Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases under False Claims Act
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SEC Whistleblower Office’s Stand Against “Silencing” Employees Through “Confidentiality” Agreements
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Qui Tam, IRS, CFTC, and SEC Whistleblower Claims Update: Today’s Whistleblower Law Symposium A Success
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Today’s SEC Whistleblower Award to Former Officer of Company Shows Flexibility of SEC Whistleblower Rules
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SEC Welcomes SEC Whistleblowers Who Are Foreign Citizens Living Abroad
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SEC Whistleblower Receives Record Award of $30 Million
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FATCA – Foreign Bank Account Headaches
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What the Just-Released 2013 IRS Whistleblower Office Annual Report Means for Future Tax Whistleblowers
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New York False Claims Act Case Against Sprint Nextel Takes Giant Step Forward
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First Large SEC Whistleblower Award Is Encouraging, As SEC’s “Loss” in Mark Cuban Case May Be
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The False Claims Act and the New Georgia “Taxpayer Protection False Claims Act’
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Liechtenstein Bank Secrecy Gives Way in $23.8 Million IRS Settlement That Exposes US Tax Evaders
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CFTC Whistleblower Program Taps SEC Enforcement Lawyer As New Director
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Court Allows N.Y. Tax Whistleblower Case To Proceed Against Sprint-Nextel Corporation
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Amid Attacks on the IRS, Recognition of the Best of the IRS Whistleblower Office
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Reforming the IRS–and Why We Need a Functioning IRS That Follows the Law
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IRS & SEC Whistleblower Directors Join False Claims Act Officials for Conference on Whistleblower Issues
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Health Care Fraud Institute Discusses False Claims Act Developments
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SEC and Justice Department Issue “Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act”
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As IRS Commissioner Steps Down Today, How the Next IRS Commissioner Can Immediately Help Address the “Fiscal Cliff” by Expanding the IRS Whistleblower Program
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What the $104 Million IRS Whistleblower Award to Former UBS Banker Means for Tax Whistleblowers
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Another Record Year–False Claims Act Recoveries Triple in FY 2012
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Executive Summary of “Georgia Taxpayer Protection False Claims Act”
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First SEC Whistleblower Award Made Today–Reading the Tea Leaves
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Release of Incarcerated UBS Whistleblower Birkenfeld Shifts IRS Whistleblower Debate to New Round of Issues
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SEC Whistleblower Rules Have It Right: Report Shows Most Whistleblowers Report Internally First
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“Taxpayer Protection False Claims Act” Is Signed Into Law in Georgia
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Damages and Penalties in Qui Tam Cases Under the False Claims Act to Be Addressed at ABA Conference
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IRS Misses Golden Opportunity in Refusing to Modify Tax Whistleblower Rule
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Another Financial Fraud False Claims Act Case Nets Millions from Lender
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In Largest False Claims Act Case Over Mortgage Fraud, Bank of America to Pay $1 Billion
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IRS Whistleblower Claims Explored at Heckerling Institute, the Leading Conference for Estate & Trust Lawyers and Estate Planners
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How Whistleblowers in Qui Tam, IRS, and SEC Whistleblower Cases Must Protect Email Communications
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Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases Under False Claims Act Explained
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2011 IRS Whistleblower Boot Camp Hears of Deputy Commissioner Steve Miller’s “Desire for the Whistleblower Program to Grow”
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Next IRS Whistleblower Boot Camp: Offshore and International Tax Whistleblower Issues and Latest Developments
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Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases, and the New Financial Whistleblower Programs by the SEC, CFTC, and IRS To Be Discussed at Whistleblower law Symposium
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GAO Report Released on IRS Whistleblower Program: Raising–But Not Answering–the Fundamental Questions of What the Tax Whistleblower Program Needs to Be Most Effective
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Whistleblower Lawyer and IRS Whistleblower Office Staff to Speak at 2012 Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning
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How the New CFTC Whistleblower Rules Will Operate
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CFTC Announces Final Whistleblower Rules, Rejects “Mandatory Internal Reporting” by Whistleblowers
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Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases Produced $97 Million in Recoveries After Being Declined by Justice Department
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Former Credit Suisse Officials Indicted For Assisting U.S. Taxpayers Evade Taxes Since 1953
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Progress with Dodd-Frank’s Whistleblower Programs: CFTC and SEC Working to Deter the Next Big Schemes to Harm Investing Public
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SEC Charges FCPA Bribery Scheme–Feds Collect $15 Million
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Why the SEC Whistleblower Rules Show A New Seriousness About Using Valuable Whistleblower Information
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Fraud Enforcement Adds Teeth by Pursuing Individuals Allegedly Responsible for Organizations’ Frauds
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New Supreme Court False Claims Act Decision Today: Could This Court Be Any Friendlier to Qui Tam Defendants?
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Tax Whistleblower Attorneys At IRS Hearing Urge Treasury and IRS to Be True to Congress’s Intent in Expanding the IRS Whistleblower Program
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IRS Whistleblower Rules Hearing on May 11 Attracts Global Attention
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Financial Fraud Cases Under False Claims Act Continue, As Deutsche Bank and MortgageIT Face Mortgage Fraud Suit
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Tax Whistleblower Rules to “Expand” Whistleblower Program Actually Restrict and Discourage Participation, Say Whistleblower Lawyers
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New IRS Whistleblower Rules Still Need Substantial Changes
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First Reported IRS Whistleblower Award Is Made–Finally!
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International and Offshore Tax Whistleblower Issues Among Topics for Next IRS Whistleblower Boot Camp
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IRS Whistleblower Rules For Disclosure of Tax Return Information to Whistleblowers and Their Attorneys
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Offshore Alert Conference: Protecting Whistleblowers from Criminal and Civil Liability
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SEC Whistleblower Office Has First Director–Sean McKessy
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SEC Resolves FCPA Case With Maxwell Technologies, Inc. Alleging Millions in Bribes to Chinese Officials
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New IRS Offshore Account Disclosure Program Takes Shape
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Long-Awaited IRS Whistleblower Rule “Fix” Is Released for Comment
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Activities of IRS Large Business and International Division Earn Its Commissioner Recognition As “Tax Person of the Year”
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New SEC Whistleblower Program to Benefit from SEC’s Appointment of New Enforcement Official?
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IRS Whistleblower Claims Reporting Tax Evasion and “Overlooked” Returns
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Special: Article Explaining the 2010 False Claims Act and State False Claims Acts
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Part 1: Introduction: What You Should Know About the False Claims Act And New State False Claims Acts After the 2009-2010 Amendments
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Part 2: The False Claims Act and the Increasing Number of State False Claims Acts
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Part 3: The False Claims Act: Background & History
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Part 4: How the False Claims Act Works After the 2009-2010 Amendments (with Comparisons to Some State False Claims Acts)
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Part 5: The Trend of Recoveries Under the False Claims Act
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Part 6: States’ Experiences With Their Own False Claims Acts
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Insider Trading Probe Reinforces Immediate Need for Strongest SEC Whistleblower Program
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With New SEC Whistleblower Program Proposed Rules Announced, Will the SEC Allow Potential Defendants to Gut Them?
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Links to SEC Whistleblower and CFTC Whistleblower Lawyer Information
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SEC Recovers $39 Million under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for Bribery and Kickbacks in Mexico and Iraq
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Health Care Fraud Cases and 2009-2010 Amendments to False Claims Act Discussed at National Fraud and Compliance Forum
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Indiana Attorney General Invites Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases by Health Care & Pharmaceutical Employees To Stop Health Care Fraud
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Shouldn’t the IRS Pay Tax Whistleblowers Who Help Prevent Fraudulent Refunds?
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Merck and Other Pharma Companies Probed by DOJ and SEC in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Investigation
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Does SEC Whistleblower Reward of $1 Million Signal A New Attitude Toward Wall Street Whistleblowing?
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International Tax Evasion Targeted by IRS Move to Revamp Its Large Business Division
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Offshore Tax Havens Face Increasing Scrutiny, With IRS Whistleblowers Assisting
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How Whistleblower Lawyers Work Alongside Government Lawyers In Successful Qui Tam Cases Under the False Claims Act
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New Rewards for Whistleblowers Reporting Bribery of Foreign Government Officials, Corporate Fraud In Foreign Government Contracts
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Whistleblowers Reporting Derivatives Fraud? Whistleblower Incentives Must Be Paid by CFTC Under New Financial Reform Bill
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New SEC Whistleblower Program Approved by Senate in Financial Reform Bill
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New IRS Procedures for Whistleblowers Should Encourage More Significant IRS Whistleblower Claims
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TARP Fraud and Other Violations Alleged by SEC Against Chairman of Major Mortgage Lender
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New IRS Whistleblower Claim Procedures for Determining Awards to Whistleblowers Announced
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Offshore Tax Violations: Sen. Grassley Calls For Accounting of Use of UBS Information Provided by Tax Whistleblower
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Health Care Industry and 2009-2010 Changes to False Claims Act
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Offshore Tax Evasion Scheme to Defraud IRS Alleged in Indictment of Miami Beach Developers
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More Details of UBS Whistleblower Birkenfeld’s Prosecution Explained in Washington Post
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Should SEC Whistleblowers Have Right to Share in Recoveries That They Cause?
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State False Claims Acts Must Be Updated to Include New False Claims Act Changes, Grassley Warns
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IRS Whistleblower Office Announces Important Changes, New Procedures for IRS Whistleblower Program
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New IRS Whistleblower Program Developments Discussed This Week at “IRS Whistleblower Boot Camp”
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SEC Charges Goldman Sachs With Fraud in Synthetic CDO Tied to Subprime Mortgages
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SEC Whistleblower Program–The SEC Inspector General’s Report
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Well Worth a Read: SEC Whistleblower Harry Markopolos’ “No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller”
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New Health Care Law Arrives With Announcement of $12 Million Recovery in Qui Tam Whistleblower Case Under False Claims Act
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Greatest Impact of 2009 False Claims Act Amendments–“Civil Investigative Demands”
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Bank CEO’s Alleged TARP Fraud Results in First Reported Criminal Charges For Misuse of TARP Funds
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Iraq Reconstruction Fraud Continues to Fuel Investigations by Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
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IRS Whistleblower Program and Confidentiality of IRS Investigations of Whistleblower Claims
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Next IRS Whistleblower Boot Camp Is Planned for April 2010
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Georgia Psychiatric Hospitals: Justice Department Suit for Immediate Relief to Protect Patients
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IRS Whistleblower Office Prepares to Make Awards to IRS Whistleblowers Under New Program
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Taxation of Qui Tam Whistleblower Awards by IRS Addressed by Tax Court
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Health Care Fraud Lawyers Gather to Discuss Amendments to False Claims Act and Other Whistleblower Developments
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IRS Whistleblower Rewards to Convicted UBS Whistleblower Birkenfeld? The Rule of Law Will Sort It Out.
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IRS “Voluntary Disclosure” Program Inundated by More Than 14,000 Taxpayers
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New SEC Whistleblower Rewards and Whistleblower Protections Approved by House Committee–But Improvements Are Needed
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New ‘‘Health Care Fraud Enforcement Act of 2009’’ Includes Health Care Whistleblower Provisions Aimed at Kickbacks
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Health Care Fraud Strike Force Targets Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
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New False Claims Act Amendments Strengthen Enforcement of Health Care Fraud and Procurement Fraud Laws
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Part 2: IRS Whistleblower Program Report by Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA)
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IRS Whistleblower Program: Inspector General Urges Whistleblower Protection from Retaliation and Administrative Changes
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IRS Whistleblower Office Issues Latest Annual Report to Congress
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Health Care Fraud Lawyers to Analyze Recent Amendments to False Claims Act
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Federal Contractor Fraud Laws To Get Tougher? ACORN Controversy Casts Spotlight on Larger Contractors That Violate False Claims Act
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Calls Continue for a “False Claims Act” for Wall Street Whistleblowers
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New IRS Group to Address Offshore Accounts and Other International Tax Abuses by Wealthy Taxpayers
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Protecting Whistleblowers from Criminal Prosecution: The Mystery of the UBS Whistleblower’s Prison Sentence
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Latest State “False Claims Act” Is Enacted in North Carolina
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UBS and IRS Voluntary Discloure Program: Interesting Convergence for IRS Whistleblower Program
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Court Agrees with IRS That Hospital CEO Is Personally Liable for Unpaid Payroll Taxes
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The “Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act”–A “Mini-False Claims Act”
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Can IRS Whistleblower Program Help Offset Cost of Health Care Overhaul?
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Whistleblower Attorneys Discuss False Claims Act Amendments & “The Most Pressing Issues in Representing Whistleblowers”
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New SEC Whistleblower Program & Hedge Fund Investor Protections On Way, to Supplement IRS Whistleblower Program? Congress & SEC Consider Changes After Madoff, Stanford Schemes
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SEC “Bounties” for Whistleblowers–The Statute
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False Claims Act Amendments Become Law Today, and Justice Department Expands Health Care Fraud Task Force
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Interview with IRS Whistleblower Office Director Steve Whitlock on “Best Practices in Pursuing IRS Whistleblower Claims” Is Released
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Major Whistleblower Law Development–False Claims Act Amendments Pass House of Representatives, As Part of the “Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009”
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Fraud Against TARP Funds A Real Threat, Warns Special Inspector General for TARP
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False Claims Act Amendments Gain Momentum In Bill to Combat Financial Fraud
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Tax Evasion Using Offshore Accounts Establishes Fraud, As IRS Prevails Against Statute of Limitations Argument
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IRS Announces New List of “Dirty Dozen” Tax Scams
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Major False Claims Act Victory for Whistleblowers in Iraq Fraud Case: Fourth Circuit Reverses Custer Battles Decision
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Iraq Whistleblowers Coming Forward, as Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Estimates Billions in Fraud and Waste
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The AIG Whistleblowers Begin to Speak About Its Credit Default Swaps?
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Appreciating Harry Markopolis, the Madoff “Whistleblower” to the SEC
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IRS Whistleblower Attorneys Join IRS Whistleblower Office Director and Other IRS Officials for “IRS Whistleblower Boot Camp”
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False Claims Act Amendments Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee As Part of FERA (Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act) Today
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Whistleblower Attorneys to Discuss Qui Tam Cases Under False Claims Act, IRS Whistleblower Program, and Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Cases at Annual “Whistleblower Law Symposium”
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UBS Agrees to Pay $780 Million & Identify Customers in IRS Tax Fraud Case
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Pharma Manufacturer in Medicaid Fraud Case Ordered to Pay Millions by Wisconsin Jury
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Wall Street Financial Industry “Bailout” Whistleblowers Sought by–Michael Moore?
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TARP Apparently Overpaid for Bank Assets, According to Congressional Oversight Panel
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Hedge Funds Face Regulation & Oversight by SEC–Will There Be Another Compliance Tool in Addition to IRS Whistleblower Program?
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Whistleblower Protections Added to Economic Stimulus Bill Passed by House
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With TARP and Wall Street Bailout, Securities Fraud and Accounting Fraud Are Targeted by New Supplemental Anti-Fraud Enforcement (“SAFE”) Markets Act
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Will Wall Street Bailout Help Firms That Are “Tax Dodgers” and Hide Income in Offshore Tax “Havens”? And Will the IRS Whistleblower Program Provide a Remedy?
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Offshore Tax Evasion Case: Former UBS AG’s Raoul Weil Declared a Fugitive
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Treasury Department Announces $14 Billion in TARP Funds to More Than 40 “Local” Banks
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More IRS Whistleblower Procedures Announced by IRS Large and Midsize Business Division (LMSB)
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Fraud and Abuse in Underpayment of Royalties from Oil and Gas Leases–The False Claims Act Provides A Solution
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TARP Fund Restrictions Are Proposed in New Legislation
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IRS on Tax Preparer Fraud: Report Illegal Tax Schemes to IRS Whistleblower Office
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With Treasury Reporting TARP Funds to More Than 200 Financial Institutions, Who–Besides Whistleblowers–Can Guard Against Fraud and Abuse?
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Treasury Department Announces TARP Investment in GMAC
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KPMG Tax Shelter Fraud Trial Ends With Three Tax Evasion Convictions for Accountants and Lawyer
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Qui Tam Whistleblower Recoveries under False Claims Acts (Federal and State) in 2008
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Pharmaceutical Industry Hit by Layoffs
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Whistleblowers, TARP, and Other Wall Street “Bailout” Measures–Why the False Claims Act and IRS Whistleblower Program Are More Essential Than Ever
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Offshore Tax Evasion Investigations by IRS and Justice Department Expand, As IRS Whistleblowers Continue to Come Forward
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Justice Department Announces 2008 Fraud & “Qui Tam” False Claims Act Recoveries, with Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Health Care Fraud Alone Topping $1 Billion in Recoveries of Taxpayer Funds
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Tax Court Prepares for IRS Whistleblower Cases by Adopting New Proposed Amendments to Rules of Practice and Procedure
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IRS Addresses Deductibility of Payments by Defendants to Settle False Claims Act Cases
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With Wall Street Bailout, Whistleblowers to Reveal Fraud and Abuses Through IRS Whistleblower Claims and Qui Tam False Claims Act Cases?
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1st Annual Report on New IRS Whistleblower Program Issued by Secretary of the Treasury
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IRS Whistleblower Office Director and Tax Court Judge Gather with Whistleblower Attorneys
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Dismissal of Fraudulent Tax Shelter Charges Against Former KPMG Partners Is Upheld by Appellate Court
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Attorney Assisting Offshore Tax Evasion Is Rewarded With Prison Sentence and Judgment to PAy of $2.7 Million
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New Jersey Medicare Contractor Settles Health Care Fraud Case under False Claims Act
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OIG Approves False Claims Acts of California, Georgia, Indiana, and Rhode Island, But Disapproves False Claims Acts of Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Oklahoma
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New Whistleblower Law Promotes Consumer Product Safety
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IRS Announces Process for Review of Whistleblower Claims by IRS Large and Midsize Business Division (LMSB)
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Judges Address New State False Claims Act in Georgia
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Offshore Tax Evasion and Cayman Islands Hearing Prompts Grassley’s Call to Follow IRS Whistleblower Program with Additional IRS Tools
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IRS Predicts Whistleblowers Will Be Important to Efforts to Combat Offshore Tax Evasion After UBS
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Nursing Home Operators Plead Guilty to Medicaid Fraud and Abuse of Patients
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Hospital System Settles Medicare Fraud False Claims Act Allegations for $60 Million
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Whistleblower Awards Work To Protect The Government From Fraud
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Acknowledging the Integrity That Whistleblowers Stand For in Bringing Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases Under the False Claims Act
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Major “Qui Tam” Whistleblower Law Amendments Clear House Judiciary Committee, Which Approves “False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007”
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Whistleblower Attorneys at NELA Conference Address “Strategic Thinking in Whistleblower Cases”
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New IRS Whistleblower Rules Are Issued by U.S. Tax Court
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Whistleblower Lawyer Blog Update: New State False Claims Acts Reward Employees and Other Persons Who Report Fraud
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IRS Whistleblower Program: Updated Summary for Lawyers with Potential Tax Whistleblower Claims
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Bogus Tax Shelters, Tax Fraud, and Tax Evasion Are Targeted by IRS and Justice Department
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Major Whistleblower Law Development: False Claims Act Correction Act Is Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee
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IRS Tax Whistleblower Program Update: IRS Authorizes Contingent Fee Arrangements for Retaining Lawyers in Tax Whistleblower Cases
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IRS Whistleblower Program for Tax Whistleblowers: IRS Announces Sharing of Information with Whistleblowers and Their Attorneys Under Written Contracts
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Whistleblower False Claims Act Cases Lead New Jersey Health Care Consultant to Settle Allegations of Medicare Fraud
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IRS Tax Whistleblower Progress Continues with IRS Chief Counsel’s Advice on Informant Contacts
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“False Claims Act Correction Act” to Restore Qui Tam Whistleblower Law to Its Original Intent Goes Before Senate Judiciary Committee
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State False Claims Act Is Considered in Louisiana
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Qui Tam Whistleblowers Awarded $140 Million Under False Claims Act in Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Cases in FY 2006
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Federal Subsidies and the False Claims Act
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New Whistleblower Law Provides Protection for Defense Contractor Employees
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Tax Fraud Prosecution Over Abuse of Offshore Transactions Leads to Convictions of CPAs and Attorney by IRS and Justice Department (from Whistleblower Lawyer Blog)
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Whistleblower Qui Tam Case Result: “Big Dig” Settlement of $458 Million Announced
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Hedge Fund Tax Probes Expand to Congress Following IRS Hedge Fund Inquiries
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IRS Whistleblower Progress: Kudos to These Tax Whistleblower Attorneys
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Qui Tam Whistleblower Law Signed by New Jersey Governor
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Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Fraud Crackdown by CMS Announced–to Combat False Claims Act Violations of Types Often Exposed by Whistleblowers and Their Attorneys
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IRS Tax Whistleblower Procedures Continue to Take Shape
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False Claims Act Passed in New Jersey Continues Trend of New State Qui Tam Whistleblower Statutes
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IRS Tax Whistleblowers & False Claims Act Qui Tam Cases–2007 Year in Review by Whistleblower Lawyer Blog
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IRS Whistleblower Instructions for Filing Tax Whistleblower Claims Issued by IRS–and Are Reprinted Here on Whistleblower Lawyer Blog
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Tax Whistleblowers: IRS Whistleblower Office Issues Long-Awaited Guidance for Tax Whistleblower Claims
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False Claims Act Litigation Attorneys Gather in Atlanta to Explore Whistleblower Issues
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Tax Fraud & Tax Evasion Among Medicaid Providers: New IRS Whistleblower Program Fills Gap in False Claims Act for Whistleblowers and Their Attorneys
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False Claims Act “Qui Tam” Whistleblower Cases Recover More Than $1 Billion In Latest Year, Justice Department Announces
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IRS Whistleblower Regulations & “Guidance” for Whistleblower Attorneys from the IRS
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IRS Whistleblower Program: Hedge Funds and Private Equity Firms Under Increasing IRS Scrutiny for Tax Abuses
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TRICARE Medical Fraud Report–Whistleblower Attorneys Take Note that Health Care Fraud Continues to Plague Government
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False Claims Act Whistleblower Case to Be Decided By Supreme Court
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Qui Tam Whistleblower in False Claims Act Case Receives $7.3 Million in False Claims Case
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IRS Tax Evasion & Stock Options Fraud Lead to Prison Sentence for Options Administrator
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False Claims Acts and Unauthorized Laboratory Tests
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Revenue Recognition Fraud Charges Lead Nortel Networks Agrees to Pay $35 Million
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Illegal Tax Shelter Case Trial Postponed As Judge Disqualifies Counsel in KPMG Case
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Tax Write-Offs of Fraudulently Created Business Losses: A Need for Whistleblowers
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IRS Whistleblower Program Featured, With Interview of “Whistle-Blower Lawyer” Blog, in Financial Week Magazine
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Whistleblower Lawyer Article on Medicaid Fraud Is Published by Georgia Bar Journal
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Whistleblower Law Firm Adds Retired Judge As “Counsel” to Its Clients
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Whistleblower Lawyer Blog Special: Article on How the Successes of the False Claims Act Have Inspired a Wave of State Qui Tam Whistleblower Laws
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Part 6: The State False Claims Acts: Qui Tam Whistleblower Laws That Seek to Repeat the Successes of the Federal False Claims Act
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Part 5: The False Claims Act’s Successes–and How They Have Prompted a Wave of State False Claims Acts With Qui Tam Whistleblower Provisions
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Part 3: False Claims Act–Background and History
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Part 4: The Modern False Claims Act–How It Works
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Part 2: The False Claims Act and the Growing Number of State False Claims Acts With Qui Tam Whistleblower Provisions–the Basics
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Part 1: The False Claims Act and How It Has Inspired a Wave of State Qui Tam Whistleblower Laws–An Introduction
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Medicare Fraud Scam Leads to Physician’s Indictment
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IRS Whistleblowers and 75 Billion Dollars?
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Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases Force Bristol-Meyers Squibb to Pay $515 Million to Settle Allegations
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Part II: IRS Tax Whistleblower Officials Explain Details of New IRS Whistleblower Rewards Program
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IRS Whistleblower Officials Explain Details of New IRS Whistleblower Rewards Program
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Whistleblower Law Attorneys to Gather for Symposium on False Claims Act, State False Medicaid Claims Act, and New IRS Whistleblower Rewards Program
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False Claims Act New Amendments Proposed: Senators Grassley and Durbin Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Restore False Claims Act and Its Qui Tam Provisions to Encourage Whistleblowers to Protect Taxpayer Funds Against Fraud
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New IRS Whistleblower Rewards Program Explained at National Conference with Its Director, Stephen Whitlock
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New State False Claims Act Trend Is Evaluated at Southeastern Health Care Fraud Conference in Atlanta
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Confidentiality of IRS Tax Whistleblowers or Informants–Federal Regulation on Keeping Whistleblowers Confidential
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Whistleblower Lawyer Blog Update: Kickback Allegations Lead IBM and PriceWaterhouseCoopers to Settle False Claims Act Liability
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Reverse False Claim Act Case Settlment Announced by Justice Department
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Whistleblower Lawyer Update: Medicaid Fraud Investigation Into Fraudulent Pharmacy Billings Produces Recovery in Missouri
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Statute of Limitations for a Tax Whistleblower Case Under the IRS Whistleblower Program
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Whistleblower Lawyer Update: Medical Equipment Fraud, Fraudulent Billing by Doctor, and Home Health Care Fraud Highlight Week of Indictments in Health Care Compliance Cases
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Should a Tax Whistleblower in the New IRS Whistleblower Program Use an IRS Form 3949?
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Justice Department Attorneys Announce $30.5 Million Settlement in Qui Tam Whistleblower Case of Medicaid Fraud
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The Profile of the New Tax Whistleblower
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IRS to Scrutinize Derivatives–Do They Allow Offshore Investors to Avoid Withholding Taxes on U.S. Stock Dividends?
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Pharmaceutical Company Bristol Settles Massachusetts Lawsuit Over Pricing of Drugs
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In Case Alleging Fraud Against IRS in Misuse of Tax Shelters by Former KPMG Partners, Judge Dismisses Charges Against 13 Defendants
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IRS Declares That Tax Fraud and Evasion from Back-Dating of Stock Options Is a Top Priority
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False Claims Act Case Against Texas Computer Services Firm Is Settled
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New State False Claims Act with Qui Tam Whistleblower Provisions Is Signed in Florida
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Medicare Fraud Convictions for Florida Home Health Care Operator for False Claims
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Pursued for Medicaid Fraud by Texas Attorney General’s Office
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Home Health Care Operator Receives Prison Time for Medicare Fraud
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Nursing Home Abuse and Fraud Exposed by Nurses in Qui Tam Whistleblower Case
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OFF LABEL MARKETING: BIG PHARMA’S PRESCRIPTION FOR PROFITS
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Retaliation Against Whistleblowers and Witnesses in Federal Proceedings
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Tax Whistleblowers Encouraged to Come Forward
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Accounting Firm Partners Indicted in Tax Fraud Case Over Tax Shelters Promoted by Ernst & Young
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New Whistleblower Law on Medicaid Fraud Signed Today by Governor of Georgia
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Addendum: IRS Whistleblower Office Is Off to a Strong Start . . .
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New IRS Whistleblower Director Says IRS Rewards Program Is Off to a Strong Start
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Whistleblower Case Victory in D.C. Bid-Rigging Trial
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“Lessons from Health Care Fraud in Medicare and Medicaid” to Begin on This Whistleblower Lawyer Blog
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Texas Upgrades Its Qui Tam Whistleblower Statute–and Considers An Even Better Whistleblower Law
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Oklahoma Joins Nationwide Movement of States That Are Passing False Claims Acts with Qui Tam Whistlblower Provisions
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“Heathcare Auditing Strategies” Quotes Whistleblowerlawyerblog Author on State Whistleblower Statutes
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Whistleblower Lawsuit Against California Hospital Accused of Overbilling is Settled
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Justice Department Announces It Joins Qui Tam Health Care Fraud Cases Against HealthEssentials Solutions Inc.
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Another State Qui Tam Whistleblower Law is Born–Georgia Bill Passes Senate and Goes to Governor for Signature
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New Qui Tam Whistleblower Law Clears Senate Committee in Georgia
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Amendments to New IRS Whistleblower Law Considered
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Guilty Plea in Pharmaceutical Fraud Case
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New York Becomes Latest State to Agree to Enact a State False Claims Act
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New Medicaid Whistleblower Law Passes House in Georgia
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Whistleblower Laws of Two More States–Hawaii and Virginia–Are Approved by Feds
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Whistleblower Law Sponsor Testifies About Iraq Contractor Fraud
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New State Qui Tam Whistleblower Law Is Approved by House Judiciary Committee in Georgia
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IRS Whistleblower Rewards Featured in Smart Money Magazine
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New “Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act” Passes U.S. House
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New State False Medicaid Claims Act (with Qui Tam Whistleblower Provisions) Is Approved by Georgia Legislative Subcommittee
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News in Government Procurement Fraud and False Claims
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IRS Names New Head of IRS Criminal Investigative Division
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New Medicaid False Claims Act Proposed in Georgia
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Has Iraq Fraud Cost Taxpayers Even More Than Previously Believed?
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Comments–Whistleblower Lawyers, Other Attorneys, and Clients on the Whistleblower Lawyer Blog
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New Whistleblower Protections Approved by House Committee
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Medicare Fraud Indictments in Los Angeles
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State Whistleblower Act Is a Powerful Tool in Texas–But Could Produce Even More Medicaid Fraud Recoveries
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Watching the New IRS Whistleblower Procedures Take Shape
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Potential Whistleblowers: IRS Offers Program for Employers “Back-Dating” Stock Options
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Lincoln’s Law and Whistleblower Claims
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Iraq Indictments:TheTip of the Iceberg
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New IRS Whistleblower Office Has First Director
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State Enforcement Efforts Disappointing In Combatting Medicaid Fraud
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Latest IRAQ FRAUD Report by Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
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Government Joins Whistleblower Case Against Pharmaceutical Firm for Overcharging on Generic Drugs
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Progress with the New IRS Rewards Program for Tax Whistleblower Cases
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Hurricane Katrina Fraud: The Government’s Inspectors General Continue to Investigate Fraud and Whistleblower Reports
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New IRS Whistleblower Rewards Statute
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Why States Are Passing Their Own Qui Tam Whistleblower Laws
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Will Your State Have a State False Claims Act?
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Significant 2006 Verdicts and Settlements of Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases Under the False Claims Act
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The Whistleblower Statute: The Text of the False Claims Act
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No More Gifts For Doctors
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New Compliance and Education Reforms Take Effect
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Tax Whistleblower Rewards Increase
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Will Whistleblower Tax Reforms Produce Results?
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Addressing Contractor Fraud and Abuse in Iraq
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The CMS Clarifies the Mandatory Whistleblower Reforms
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Where Is the Oversight?
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The Most Significant Recent Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases Under the False Claims Act
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The Growing Importance of the Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases Under the False Claims Act
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How the Modern False Claims Act Works in Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases
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History of the False Claims Act
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Introduction to the False Claims Act and Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases
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