A pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay a settlement in a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a Milwaukee firm.

There are a large number of websites dedicated to the False Claims Act. Attorneys and legal professionals interested in this area of law are often searching for recent cases and news to remain current.

The federal government has filed suit against a military contractor that it claims bilked the Navy out of millions when it was hired to build airplanes.

A Milwaukee federal judge has denied a pharmacy services company's attempt to dismiss parts of a lawsuit alleging that it violated federal laws by dispensing narcotics without a doctor's approval.

Two years after the “bounty” provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act on financial reforms took effect, whistleblower matters remain a sizzling growth area for lawyers in employment or finance and securities practice areas — or, as is increasingly common, on a law firm interdisciplinary team that harnesses expertise from both fields.

The Justice Department said Thursday it will not try again to sue a watchdog group that shared money from a whistleblower settlement with a government economist more than 14 years ago, following a mistrial in the case last month.

11-3305 Halasa v. ITT Educational Services, Inc.

Washington (Dolan) — A federal agency’s response to a Freedom of Information Act request is a “report” within the meaning of the False Claims Act’s public disclosure bar, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 5-3 decision.

False Claims Act FOIA requests A federal agency’s written response to a FOIA request for records constitutes a “report” within the meaning of the FCA’s public disclosure bar. The Court’s holding is not inconsistent with the public disclosure bar’s drafting history. If anything, the drafting history supports this Court’s holding. Kirk’s case seems a classic example of the “opportunistic” litigation ...

Whistleblower cases are long and difficult, but attorneys may soon bring more of them due to expanded options laid out in a new law that takes effect this month.