Posts Tagged California whistleblower
Fake Drugs Represent New Whistleblower Opportunity
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on May 12, 2013
Fake and gray market pharmaceuticals represent a growing problem in the United States. Medical providers pressed by mounting costs sometimes resort to purchasing drugs manufactured in Turkey, India and other foreign countries. Unless produced in an FDA inspected facility, there is no way to insure those drugs are safe or even contain the prescribed amount [...]
Mahany & Ertl File Amicus Brief In Important Whistleblower Protection Case
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on March 26, 2013
by Brian Mahany Buried in the Federal Register last week was an invitation to file amicus briefs in the current Merit Systems Protection Board case, Barbara King vs. Department of the Air Force. Partner Joe Bird and Mahany & Ertl are proud to represent Barbara in her pursuit of justice. At stake is the critical issue [...]
IRS Agent May Be Headed To Prison For Info Leak – Whistleblower Protection
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on March 14, 2013
by Brian Mahany Last September, we reported on the arrest of Dennis Lerner, a former IRS agent. Prosecutors said that he had become a bit too cozy with a company he was auditing. Service employees are bound by strict confidentiality rules that prohibit disclosures of confidential tax information. When the story first broke, Lerner was [...]
For Profit Colleges – Next Big Opportunity For Whistleblowers (False Claims Act)
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on January 20, 2013
by Brian Mahany The feature article in this month’s Milwaukee magazine was intriguing. There are up to 40 for profit colleges (sometimes called proprietary schools) in the Milwaukee area and many of them have abysmal track records. High costs and little prospect of a paying job at the end of 2 or 4 years of [...]
“Where Are The Criminals?” Let Me Tell You…
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on November 26, 2012
by Brian Mahany The lead editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal was titled, “Where Are The criminals?” The editorial that followed suggested that the Obama Administration wasn’t successful in prosecuting those responsible for the financial crisis. With that much, we agree. Some 4 years later, almost no one has been successfully prosecuted for the untold [...]
Why Don’t Whistleblowers Find More Support in Society?
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on October 31, 2012
By J. Kirk Wiebe (Reprinted with permission from whistlewatch.org, the Brown Center for Public Policy) After pondering this question for a number of years, I’ve come to the unavoidable conclusion that we no longer have a society that has been rooted deeply in principles of conscience and morality. Consider the following. Back in 1940, only [...]
Bankers Caught Stealing From TARP? It’s True
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on October 6, 2012
by Brian Mahany Many folks have grumbled about the billions of dollars in bailout funds given to big banks. Prior to 2008, no one had heard the phrase “too big to fail.” Now it is common when referring to certain large banks, brokerage firms and insurance companies. The federal bailout monies were made available through [...]
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