http://www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com/ Published by Finch McCranie, LLP en-us 2010-08-20T14:06:32-08:00 http://www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com/2010/08/indiana_attorney_general_invit_1.html Smart and effective state Attorneys General have fought fraud against their citizens through encouraging greater use of the country's major whistleblower law, the False Claims Act, and state versions of that law. Texas AG Greg Abbott, for example, has a... msullivan-1 2010-08-20T14:06:32-08:00 http://www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com/2010/08/shouldnt_the_irs_pay_tax_whist.html When IRS whistleblowers save U.S taxpayers money, they deserve the rewards that lawmakers such as Sen. Chuck Grassley fought to establish. In 2006 his efforts resulted in the first meaningful IRS Whistleblower program ever, which is attracting many tax whistleblowers... msullivan-1 2010-08-18T11:51:44-08:00 http://www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com/2010/08/merck_and_other_pharma_compani.html When Pharma manufacturers are targeted by the Department of Justice, qui tam whistleblower cases under the False Claims Act are often the reason. Now, whistleblowers may also receive rewards for reporting violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), thanks... msullivan-1 2010-08-09T13:33:18-08:00 http://www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com/2010/08/does_sec_whistleblower_reward_1.html Only days after the new financial reform law created the first potentially meaningful awards for whistleblowers reporting securities and commodities violations and abuses, the SEC may have signaled a new attitude toward encouraging whistleblowers. The SEC recently announced its first... msullivan-1 2010-08-08T13:13:42-08:00 http://www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com/2010/08/international_tax_evasion_targ.html To battle offshore tax abuses and other international tax fraud and tax evasion, the IRS has announced that it is "realigning" and renaming its Large and Mid-Size Business (LMSB) division. To reflect its new emphasis, it will known as the... msullivan-1 2010-08-05T14:03:56-08:00 http://www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com/2010/08/offshore_tax_havens_face_incre.html "Offshore" accounts are an increasing priority of IRS enforcement, aided by the new IRS Whistleblower Program. The Offshore World has changed and will never be the same again. The traditional tax haven assurance of secrecy and anonymity won't necessarily work... msullivan-1 2010-08-04T09:46:42-08:00 http://www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com/2010/08/how_whistleblower_lawyers_work.html When whistleblower attorneys bring a qui tam False Claims Act case, the most successful results usually occur when Government counsel and the whistleblower's lawyers (Relator’s counsel) work together in what is known as the “public-private” partnership model. This approach to... msullivan-1 2010-08-02T19:16:40-08:00 http://www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com/2010/07/new_rewards_for_whistleblowers.html When the President signed the new financial reform bill into law today, new whistleblower provisions quietly took effect to battle corruption, bribery, and corporate fraud to obtain foreign government contracts. This new law creates the new SEC whistleblower program that... msullivan-1 2010-07-21T18:54:45-08:00 http://www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com/2010/07/whistleblowers_reporting_deriv.html The new financial reform bill that awaits the President's signature this week has something important for potential whistleblowers with knowledge of fraud in options, futures, derivatives and other financial products within the jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).... msullivan-1 2010-07-18T11:33:06-08:00 http://www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com/2010/07/new_sec_whistleblower_program_1.html Since the SEC refused for years to heed Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolis' warnings that Madoff was running a Ponzi scheme, we have followed with great interest the efforts of those who sought to create the first meaningful SEC whistleblower program.... msullivan-1 2010-07-17T18:57:59-08:00