Whistleblowers

Recent Cases

Navistar Settles Armored Vehicles Whistleblower Case for $50 Million

June 18, 2021

On May 27, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a $50 million settlement agreement with Navistar Defense for allegations under the False Claims Act. In the suit, Navistar was accused of fraudulently inflating the prices of armored vehicles it sold to the U.S. Marine Corps. The case was brought as a whistleblower action by […]

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Nursing Homes Not Following COVID-19 Guidelines? Whistleblowers May Be Able to Earn a Reward

April 23, 2020

Federal laws and regulations require nursing homes and assisted living facilities to take special precautions to protect residents against the coronavirus pandemic. When nursing homes fail to follow these safeguards, they are putting their residents at a greater risk of harm, and in many cases, defrauding Medicare out of money by falsely claiming that they […]

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Our firm helps secure $108 million settlement in whistleblower case

September 26, 2019

Our whistleblower lawyers filed a qui tam complaint several years ago that lead to a $108 million settlement by Avanir Pharmaceuticals. The Department of Justice announced today that this settlement resolves whistleblower claims brought by our clients and others under the False Claims Act. The whistleblower complaint was focused on two major claims. Our first […]

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Anti-Kickback law violations lead to settlement of whistleblower lawsuit

April 24, 2018

The Department of Justice recently announced an $11.5 million settlement with a Texas-based radiation therapy company, SightLine Health LLC, to resolve allegations that the company was defrauding Medicare and other federal healthcare programs. The case began when a whistleblower filed a lawsuit on behalf of the federal government under the False Claims Act, accusing SightLine [&hell…

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Our firm helps secure $10.5 million settlement in another whistleblower case

April 1, 2018

In an interview with the Daily Report, Page Pate discusses the $10.5 million settlement our firm helped obtain in the Basset Mirror Company whistleblower case. It was alleged that the company violated the False Claims Act to avoid paying antidumping duties on imported furniture. This settlement follows a related $15 million settlement with Basset’s co-defendant, […]

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