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Supreme Court Decision is a Major Victory for Whistleblowers

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights, Whistleblower Protection
This week, the highest court in the land sided with whistleblowers and ruled that breaches to the confidentiality (or seal) of a case brought under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) would not result in a dismissal of the case.  Cases brought under the FCA are initially filed under seal for 60 days.  During this time, ...

Do You Have A Whistleblower Claim? Part 2

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Uncategorized, Whistleblower Protection
In our last blog post we discussed who is a whistleblower and how one can file a lawsuit to recover damages from a wrongdoer on behalf of the U.S. government. This post will focus on common obstacles to filing a qui tam lawsuits: the "public disclosure bar," the "first-to-file rule," and observing the statute of limita...

Do you have a whistleblower claim?

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Whistleblower Protection
Let's suppose you are a good employee. Then you complain to your manager that you discovered that your company has been fraudulently billing the government millions of dollars for services it has never delivered. Suddenly you receive a negative performance review after years of good, positive reviews and raises, or, y...

Is Your Whistleblower Case a Slam Dunk? Include Specifics (Pt. 2)

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Whistleblower Protection
Any whistleblower who plans on bringing a False Claims Act (aka Qui Tam) law suit should understand that his or her state also has its own False Claims Act statute. If states (such like California) have similar enough statutes to the federal False Claims Act when it comes to liability, effectiveness, and penalty ...