The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower (Office) recently released its 2015 Annual Report on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program (Report) (November 16, 2015)....more
Connecticut whistleblowers were handed a siren to sound the alarm on employers this week. In interpreting the state constitution in Trusz v. UBS Realty Investors, LLC, SC 19323 (Conn. Sup. Ct., official release Oct. 13,...more
10/10/2015
/ Breach of Duty ,
CT Supreme Court ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Discipline ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Investors ,
Property Valuation ,
Public Concern ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Retaliation ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wrongful Termination
Earlier this week, employers in the Garden State saw another glimmer of hope for defending against frivolous claims brought under New Jersey’s whistleblower statute, the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (“CEPA”),...more
Whistleblowers continue to reap extraordinary awards under Dodd-Frank’s “bounty” program in exchange for bringing the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) “original” information that leads to a successful enforcement...more
Hailed as “another achievement” for the government’s Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (referred to as “HEAT”), the U.S. Department of Justice has announced that a Florida skilled nursing company and...more
7/3/2015
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Corporate Integrity Agreement ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
HEAT ,
Kickbacks ,
Medicaid ,
Medical Directors ,
Medicare ,
Patient Referrals ,
Physicians ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
Whistleblowers
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today that it had made good on its prior promises to take a hard look at employment agreements and policies that could be viewed as attempting to keep securities fraud...more