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A Company That Isn’t The Importer Of Record Can’t Get In Trouble For Customs Fraud, Right? Wrong!

• 海关及关税欺诈

Internal Compliance Employee Blows Whistle On Customs Evasion By A Samsung Subsidiary; Earns $2.3 million Reward For Filing Qui Tam Case

• 海关及关税欺诈

U.S. Department of Justice “Task Force” Announcement Encourages Whistleblowers And Domestic Companies To Use The False Claims Act To Help Stop Customs Fraud

• 海关及关税欺诈

Tariff Evasion, The “Amazon Basics” Brand, Complicit Customs Brokers, And What Not To Do When You’re Being Investigated By The Department Of Justice: What We Learn From The Government’s Complaint In U.S. ex rel. Joyce v. Global Office Furniture, LLC.

• 海关及关税欺诈

Small Business Set-Aside Contracting Fraud Costs the Government, and Thereby Taxpayers, Billions of Dollars Each Year

• Government Contractor Fraud

Law360 Expert Analysis: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of Healthcare’s PE Boom

• Healthcare Fraud

As Three Recent Settlements Demonstrate, Whistleblowers Are the Key to Enforcement of Section 301 Tariffs

• 海关及关税欺诈

Can A False Claims Act Qui Tam Case, Alleging Customs Fraud, Be Filed And Pursued Anonymously?

• 海关及关税欺诈

“All Hands on Deck: The Role of Government Employees as Qui Tam Relators” | Partner Renée Brooker and Public Interest Fellow Jaclyn S. Tayabji’s Article in the University of Cincinnati Law Review

• 海关及关税欺诈
• Cybersecurity Fraud
• Government Contractor Fraud
• Healthcare Fraud
• Medicare Part C/Medicare Advantage Fraud
• Report Fraud
• Securities Fraud
• Something Else
• Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute
• Tax Fraud

Take Your Vitamins: $22.8 Million Settlement Shows Increasing Importance Of Customs Fraud Qui Tam Lawsuits Brought By Whistleblowers

• 海关及关税欺诈

Whistleblower Earns 40% of Settlement for Reporting Eyeglass Lens Manufacturer’s Violations of the California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act

• Healthcare Fraud
• Something Else
• Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute

Cybersecurity Whistleblowers Protect the House

• Cybersecurity Fraud
• Securities Fraud

Re-“Brand”-ing Guidance Documents for False Claims Act Enforcement

• Government Contractor Fraud
• Healthcare Fraud

Tariffs Only Work If Importers Actually Pay; Whistleblower Can Help Clamp Down On Customs Fraud, And Earn Substantial Rewards For Doing So

• 海关及关税欺诈

Cleaning Up Crypto: How Whistleblowers Can Help Stop Cryptocurrency Scams, Money Laundering, and Tax Evasion, and Make Money Doing It

• Securities Fraud

The Powerful False Claims Act You Don’t Know About: California’s Insurance Fraud Prevention Act

• Healthcare Fraud

Congress Establishes New Rewards Maximum for Whistleblowers Who Report Bank Secrecy Act Violations

• Securities Fraud

New York Secures $105 Million Dollars from Hedge Fund Manager’s Tax Fraud

• Tax Fraud

D.C.’s Tax Fraud Qui Tam Statute Has Been Passed. Who’s Next?

• Government Contractor Fraud

The Department of Justice Needs Individuals to Report Drug Pricing Fraud for False Claim Act Enforcement

• Best Price Fraud
• Healthcare Fraud

$2.2 Billion in Fraudulently-Taken Monies Returned to the Taxpayer in 2020

• Government Contractor Fraud

Chinese Earrings at Center of $400,000 False Claims Act Settlement for Unpaid Customs Duties by Former Jewelry Importer

• 海关及关税欺诈

Federal Judge in Texas Rules That Lying About Eligibility For 8(a) Business Development Program Violates False Claims Act; Whistleblower’s Qui Tam Case Can Move Forward

• Government Contractor Fraud

Mortgage Company Agrees to Pay $24.9 Million to Settle Fraud Allegations Related to Federal Mortgage Insurance

• Something Else

Court of Appeals Issues Important Decision on Application of the False Claims Act to Set-Aside Contracts

• Government Contractor Fraud

Blowing the Whistle on Healthcare Industry Kickback Schemes often Results in Huge Awards to Whistleblowers. Here’s Why.

• Healthcare Fraud
• Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute

Department of Justice Report Shows Whistleblowers Consistently Rewarded through Qui Tam Lawsuits

Pharmaceutical Company Agrees To $54 Million To Settle False Claims Kickback Allegations

• Healthcare Fraud
• Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute

A Qui Tam Defendant’s Presentations to Government During Investigation Was Found Unprotected from Discovery in Other Lawsuits, Federal District Court Ruled

California Court Issues Ruling In Favor Of Whistleblower In Case Alleging Use Of Kickbacks In Violation Of California Insurance Fraud Prevention Act

• Healthcare Fraud
• Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute

Federal Contractor Whistleblowers Now Permanently Protected from Retaliation

• Government Contractor Fraud

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Issues Landmark Decision Holding that Failing to Properly Mark Imports with their Foreign Country of Origin Can Give Rise to False Claims Act Liability

• 海关及关税欺诈

Supreme Court Upholds “Implied Certification” Theory of Liability Under the False Claims Act

Leading Medical Device Company, Olympus Corporation of the Americas, Settles Kickback Charges For An Historic $646 Million Dollars

• Healthcare Fraud
• Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute

In State False Claim Act Case Involved A Country Club’s Failure To Escheat Unclaimed Deposits, California Court Rules That Defendant’s SEC Filings Are Not “Public Disclosures”

• Securities Fraud

Maryland’s Proposed False Claims Act Doesn’t Go Far Enough to Fight Fraud

• Government Contractor Fraud