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

By Tom Church

| 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, Z Gallerie.

Our firm also filed this whistleblower lawsuit on behalf of our client Kelly Wells. Ms. Wells is a retailer who sells furniture online and realized that Z Gallerie and Basset Mirror were mislabeling furniture in an attempt to avoid paying import duties. Page Pate also discusses how Macy’s is the last defendant left in the whistleblower case and how we intend to pursue them on our own since the government declined to.

Tom Church

Tom is a trial and appellate lawyer focusing on criminal defense and civil trials. Tom is the author of our firm’s “The Federal Docket” and a contributor to Mercer Law Review’s Annual Survey in the areas of federal law. Tom was named a “Top 40 Under 40” lawyer by The National Trial Lawyers, and is a recognized expert in federal sentencing law. He graduated with honors from the University of Georgia Law School where he served as a research assistant to the faculty in the areas of constitutional law and civil rights litigation. Read Tom’s reviews on AVVO. Follow Tom on Linkedin.