Supreme Court Won’t Hear Bid to Reinstate Trinity Guardrail Fraud Judgment January 8, 2019 By Nate Raymond The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a whistleblower’s bid to revive a $663.4 million judgment against Trinity Industries...
Justice Department Seeks Dismissals of ‘Meritless’ Whistleblower Suits January 26, 2018 By Nate Raymond The U.S. Justice Department has issued a memo that lawyers say could result in fewer whistleblowers being allowed to pursue...
Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Trying to Sell Sealed Whistleblower Lawsuits November 30, 2017 By Nate Raymond A former partner at a major law firm in Washington pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges that he tried to...
Court Revives Whistleblower Claim Against Wells Fargo September 10, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel Wells Fargo & Co. faces a new legal worry after a federal appeals court last Thursday revived a whistleblower lawsuit...
Whistleblower Loses Out on $864M Moody’s Ratings Settlement March 3, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a whistleblower lawsuit by a former Moody’s Investors Service managing director and said he...
Lance Armstrong Loses Bid to Stop $100M Federal lawsuit February 15, 2017 By Jim Vertuno A federal judge has refused to block the government’s $100 million lawsuit against Lance Armstrong, putting the former cyclist on...
Baxter to Pay $18M Over Mold at North Carolina Plant January 13, 2017 By Eric Beech and Sarah N. Lynch Baxter International has agreed to pay $18 million to resolve its criminal and civil liability over claims its unit ignored...
False Claims Settlements in 2016 Top $4.7 Billion: Justice Department December 15, 2016 The Department of Justice obtained more than $4.7 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false...
Supreme Court Justices Question State Farm Appeal of Katrina Jury Verdict November 2, 2016 By Lawrence Hurley The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared unlikely to throw out a jury verdict against State Farm that found the insurance...
Supreme Court Muddies Healthcare Liability Waters June 21, 2016 By Noah Feldman, Bloomberg Opinion The Supreme Court is supposed to take appellate cases to make the law clearer. Last week’s opinion on healthcare fraud...