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SEC Gives Final Approval to Security Fraud Whistleblower Rules
May 27, 2011
| Parker Waichman LLP
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved new rules for securities fraud whistleblowers. According to a report in The Los...
Glaxo to Pay $750 Million to Settle Federal Whistleblower Suit Over Defective Paxil, Other Drugs
Oct 27, 2010
| Parker Waichman LLP
GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $750 million fine to settle a US Justice Department investigation into the manufacture of...
Big Payoffs Possible for Securities Fraud Whistleblowers Thanks to "Wall Street Tip-Off Law"
Aug 16, 2010
| Parker Waichman LLP
The Dodd-Frank Act, passed by the US Congress and signed by President Obama earlier this summer, contains some attractive incentives for securities...
Feds Seek to Join St. Jude Whistleblower Lawsuit
Aug 9, 2010
| Parker Waichman LLP
St. Jude Medical Inc. is facing scrutiny from the US Justice Department over an alleged kickback scheme. According to a Reuters report, the US...
Tax Whistleblower Tips To IRS Skyrocket
Oct 14, 2009
| Parker Waichman LLP
Tax cheats beware! It looks like a 2006 law that increased monetary rewards for Federal tax whistleblowers is working. According to an...
Justice Department Joins McKesson Whistleblower Lawsuit
Oct 7, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
The U.S. Justice Department has joined a whistleblower lawsuit filed against medical device supplier McKesson Corp. that charges the...
Amerigroup Settles Medicaid Fraud Charges, Whistleblower Awarded $56.3 Million
Aug 15, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
Amerigroup will pay $225 million to settle charges of Medicaid fraud, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday. A former Amerigroup employee,...
Famvir Fraud Alleged in Novartis Whistleblower Lawsuit
Nov 29, 2007
| Parker Waichman LLP
The value of Famvir, a genital herpes treatment cold sores and shingles, was fraudently inflated by Novartis, charges an ex-employee of the...
Toyota, General Motors Named in Whistleblower Lawsuit Charging Managers Tried to Cover Up Defective Cars
Nov 21, 2007
| Parker Waichman LLP
Toyota and General Motors have been named in a lawsuit that alleges that managers at a California auto plant ignored serious problems, including...
Texas Nuclear Weapon Facility Under Scrutiny
Dec 21, 2006
| NewsInferno.com
In a letter sent last week to Department of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), a Washington, D.C.-based...
