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Washington Electrical Contractor Fails to Pay Employment Taxes

March 20, 2015 — The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 set up an IRS Whistleblower Office so whistleblowers with information about tax fraud could notify the IRS and receive compensation. The Act allows tipsters to receive a percentage of 15 to 30 percent of the funds recouped by the IRS based on an informant’s unique information. To be eligible for compensation concerning a private...

Smile Magic Dental Clinics Settle Texas Medicaid Fraud Allegations for $4.5 Million

Waters Kraus & Paul, LLP is pleased to announce a qui tam lawsuit it filed has resulted in the largest recovery to date in a Texas dental Medicaid fraud case.

Four dental clinics of the Texas Smile Magic chain have agreed to settle Medicaid fraud charges for a total of $4.5 million. The four clinics that will pay the record-setting settlement include: Smile...

Verastem Mesothelioma Treatment Receives FDA’s Orphan Drug Designation

Verastem, Inc., a company that works to develop drugs to treatmesothelioma and other cancers by killing cancer stem cells, has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Verastem’s VS-5584 an orphan drug designation. VS-5584 may prove to be effective for treating mesothelioma, a rare cancer whose only confirmed cause is exposure to asbestos.

The orphan drug...

New York Brokerage Firm and CEO Charged With Fraud in CDO Liquidation Auctions

March 17, 2015 — To help fight corruption and securities fraud in the market, the U.S. Congress initiated a whistleblower program as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The program authorizes awards for informants who alert the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to credible, specific and timely information concerning an imminent or ongoing...

California Jury Awards $5.7 Million in Vaginal Mesh Lawsuit

A California jury recently awarded $5.7 million in a lawsuit brought by a woman who had endured horrific pain and continued urinary problems after being implanted with Ethicon Inc.’s TVT-Abbrevo pelvic mesh medical device.

$5.7 Million Verdict Against Ethicon Came in a Test Case Meant to Help Place a Value on Lawsuits Filed by Other Women Also Injured by Ethicon’s Pelvic Mesh...

New York Oral Surgeon Sentenced for False Claims

March 13, 2015 — Most whistleblowers in False Claims Act lawsuits involving dental Medicaid fraud are dental clinic insiders. But for many, it’s a difficult thing to notify the government about an employer mixed up in billing fraud schemes against the government. When tipsters file a lawsuit against those engaged in unethical dental practices, the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act...

Two New Morcellator Studies Cast Doubt on Safety of Morcellator Use

Two new studies have cast further doubt on the safety of using the medical device, laparoscopic power morcellators, during hysterectomies and myomectomies.

A study by University of Michigan scientists published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology has reported that one in 368 women who undergo hysterectomies due to fibroid growths in the uterus have an undetected uterine sarcoma....

Georgia Towing Company Owners Found Guilty of Tax Fraud

March 12, 2015 — The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 set up an IRS Whistleblower Office so whistleblowers with information about tax fraud could notify the IRS and receive compensation. The Act allows tipsters to receive a percentage of 15 to 30 percent of the funds recouped by the IRS based on an informant’s unique information. To be eligible for compensation concerning a private...

Illinois Doctor Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit for $3.79 Million

March 11, 2015 — A federal anti-kickback statute makes it a crime to pay doctors to prescribe drugs that are reimbursed by federal healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. Since the Anti-Kickback Statute was amended in 2010, violations of this statute automatically violate the federal False Claims Act. When pharmaceutical manufacturers make improper payments to doctors, a...

Peritoneal Mesothelioma Treatment Improves Survival Time

There seems to be good news for peritoneal mesothelioma patients being treated with cytoreductive surgery and heated chemotherapy (CRS-HIPEC).

Mesothelioma doctors have published promising findings in multiple new studies involving treatment of peritoneal mesothelioma. Scientists from the University of Montreal authored a study published in the journal Surgical Oncology finding that...

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