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January 6, 2022
This fall marked the second time Boston University School of Law has offered a three credit seminar course entitled Whistleblower Law and Practice, taught by WLC Co-Founder Bob Thomas. Structured...December 30, 2021
CleanSlate, a nationwide chain of opioid treatment centers agreed to pay $4.5 million to partially settle a False Claims Act case. The case, originally brought by a client of the...December 27, 2021
Three Harvard Business School professors recently published a detailed study of whistleblower programs. Specifically, the professors studied 5,000 False Claims Act (FCA) suits filed by whistleblowers. Their conclusion: whistleblower reward...December 20, 2021
In December, DOJ updated the 2021 False Claims Act penalties to a range of $11,803 to $23,607. False Claims Act penalties are mandatory for each separate violation of the law. A...December 19, 2021
The False Claims Act requires a penalty for each each violation. The FCA penalty amount also increases with inflation each year. Currently, False Claims Act penalties range as high as $23,607...December 17, 2021
In October 2021, the Department of Justice announced a new initiative seeking Cyber-Fraud Whistleblowers. The initiative targets federal contractors who fail to comply with government cybersecurity requirements. In addition, the...
