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  • IRS Whistleblower Program: Updated Summary for Lawyers with Potential Tax Whistleblower Claims
  • Bogus Tax Shelters, Tax Fraud, and Tax Evasion Are Targeted by IRS and Justice Department
  • Major Whistleblower Law Development: False Claims Act Correction Act Is Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee
  • IRS Tax Whistleblower Program Update: IRS Authorizes Contingent Fee Arrangements for Retaining Lawyers in Tax Whistleblower Cases
  • IRS Whistleblower Program for Tax Whistleblowers: IRS Announces Sharing of Information with Whistleblowers and Their Attorneys Under Written Contracts
  • Whistleblower False Claims Act Cases Lead New Jersey Health Care Consultant to Settle Allegations of Medicare Fraud
  • IRS Tax Whistleblower Progress Continues with IRS Chief Counsel's Advice on Informant Contacts
  • "False Claims Act Correction Act" to Restore Qui Tam Whistleblower Law to Its Original Intent Goes Before Senate Judiciary Committee
  • State False Claims Act Is Considered in Louisiana
  • Qui Tam Whistleblowers Awarded $140 Million Under False Claims Act in Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Cases in FY 2006
  • Federal Subsidies and the False Claims Act
  • New Whistleblower Law Provides Protection for Defense Contractor Employees
  • Tax Fraud Prosecution Over Abuse of Offshore Transactions Leads to Convictions of CPAs and Attorney by IRS and Justice Department (from Whistleblower Lawyer Blog)
  • Whistleblower Qui Tam Case Result: "Big Dig" Settlement of $458 Million Announced
  • Hedge Fund Tax Probes Expand to Congress Following IRS Hedge Fund Inquiries
  • IRS Whistleblower Progress: Kudos to These Tax Whistleblower Attorneys
  • Qui Tam Whistleblower Law Signed by New Jersey Governor
  • Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Fraud Crackdown by CMS Announced--to Combat False Claims Act Violations of Types Often Exposed by Whistleblowers and Their Attorneys
  • IRS Tax Whistleblower Procedures Continue to Take Shape
  • False Claims Act Passed in New Jersey Continues Trend of New State Qui Tam Whistleblower Statutes
  • IRS Tax Whistleblowers & False Claims Act Qui Tam Cases--2007 Year in Review by Whistleblower Lawyer Blog
  • IRS Whistleblower Instructions for Filing Tax Whistleblower Claims Issued by IRS--and Are Reprinted Here on Whistleblower Lawyer Blog
  • Tax Whistleblowers: IRS Whistleblower Office Issues Long-Awaited Guidance for Tax Whistleblower Claims
  • False Claims Act Litigation Attorneys Gather in Atlanta to Explore Whistleblower Issues
  • Tax Fraud & Tax Evasion Among Medicaid Providers: New IRS Whistleblower Program Fills Gap in False Claims Act for Whistleblowers and Their Attorneys
  • False Claims Act "Qui Tam" Whistleblower Cases Recover More Than $1 Billion In Latest Year, Justice Department Announces
  • IRS Whistleblower Regulations & "Guidance" for Whistleblower Attorneys from the IRS
  • IRS Whistleblower Program: Hedge Funds and Private Equity Firms Under Increasing IRS Scrutiny for Tax Abuses
  • TRICARE Medical Fraud Report--Whistleblower Attorneys Take Note that Health Care Fraud Continues to Plague Government
  • False Claims Act Whistleblower Case to Be Decided By Supreme Court
  • Qui Tam Whistleblower in False Claims Act Case Receives $7.3 Million in False Claims Case
  • IRS Tax Evasion & Stock Options Fraud Lead to Prison Sentence for Options Administrator
  • False Claims Acts and Unauthorized Laboratory Tests
  • Revenue Recognition Fraud Charges Lead Nortel Networks Agrees to Pay $35 Million
  • Illegal Tax Shelter Case Trial Postponed As Judge Disqualifies Counsel in KPMG Case
  • Tax Write-Offs of Fraudulently Created Business Losses: A Need for Whistleblowers
  • IRS Whistleblower Program Featured, With Interview of "Whistle-Blower Lawyer" Blog, in Financial Week Magazine
  • Whistleblower Lawyer Article on Medicaid Fraud Is Published by Georgia Bar Journal
  • Whistleblower Law Firm Adds Retired Judge As "Counsel" to Its Clients
  • Whistleblower Lawyer Blog Special: Article on How the Successes of the False Claims Act Have Inspired a Wave of State Qui Tam Whistleblower Laws
  • Part 6: The State False Claims Acts: Qui Tam Whistleblower Laws That Seek to Repeat the Successes of the Federal False Claims Act
  • Part 5: The False Claims Act's Successes--and How They Have Prompted a Wave of State False Claims Acts With Qui Tam Whistleblower Provisions
  • Part 4: The Modern False Claims Act--How It Works
  • Part 3: False Claims Act--Background and History
  • Part 2: The False Claims Act and the Growing Number of State False Claims Acts With Qui Tam Whistleblower Provisions--the Basics
  • Part 1: The False Claims Act and How It Has Inspired a Wave of State Qui Tam Whistleblower Laws--An Introduction
  • Medicare Fraud Scam Leads to Physician's Indictment
  • IRS Whistleblowers and 75 Billion Dollars?
  • Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases Force Bristol-Meyers Squibb to Pay $515 Million to Settle Allegations
  • Part II: IRS Tax Whistleblower Officials Explain Details of New IRS Whistleblower Rewards Program
  • IRS Whistleblower Officials Explain Details of New IRS Whistleblower Rewards Program
  • Whistleblower Law Attorneys to Gather for Symposium on False Claims Act, State False Medicaid Claims Act, and New IRS Whistleblower Rewards Program
  • False Claims Act New Amendments Proposed: Senators Grassley and Durbin Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Restore False Claims Act and Its Qui Tam Provisions to Encourage Whistleblowers to Protect Taxpayer Funds Against Fraud
  • New IRS Whistleblower Rewards Program Explained at National Conference with Its Director, Stephen Whitlock
  • New State False Claims Act Trend Is Evaluated at Southeastern Health Care Fraud Conference in Atlanta
  • Confidentiality of IRS Tax Whistleblowers or Informants--Federal Regulation on Keeping Whistleblowers Confidential
  • Whistleblower Lawyer Blog Update: Kickback Allegations Lead IBM and PriceWaterhouseCoopers to Settle False Claims Act Liability
  • Reverse False Claim Act Case Settlment Announced by Justice Department
  • Whistleblower Lawyer Update: Medicaid Fraud Investigation Into Fraudulent Pharmacy Billings Produces Recovery in Missouri
  • Statute of Limitations for a Tax Whistleblower Case Under the IRS Whistleblower Program
  • Whistleblower Lawyer Update: Medical Equipment Fraud, Fraudulent Billing by Doctor, and Home Health Care Fraud Highlight Week of Indictments in Health Care Compliance Cases
  • Should a Tax Whistleblower in the New IRS Whistleblower Program Use an IRS Form 3949?
  • Justice Department Attorneys Announce $30.5 Million Settlement in Qui Tam Whistleblower Case of Medicaid Fraud
  • The Profile of the New Tax Whistleblower
  • IRS to Scrutinize Derivatives--Do They Allow Offshore Investors to Avoid Withholding Taxes on U.S. Stock Dividends?
  • Pharmaceutical Company Bristol Settles Massachusetts Lawsuit Over Pricing of Drugs
  • In Case Alleging Fraud Against IRS in Misuse of Tax Shelters by Former KPMG Partners, Judge Dismisses Charges Against 13 Defendants
  • IRS Declares That Tax Fraud and Evasion from Back-Dating of Stock Options Is a Top Priority
  • False Claims Act Case Against Texas Computer Services Firm Is Settled
  • New State False Claims Act with Qui Tam Whistleblower Provisions Is Signed in Florida
  • Medicare Fraud Convictions for Florida Home Health Care Operator for False Claims
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Pursued for Medicaid Fraud by Texas Attorney General's Office
  • Home Health Care Operator Receives Prison Time for Medicare Fraud
  • Nursing Home Abuse and Fraud Exposed by Nurses in Qui Tam Whistleblower Case
  • OFF LABEL MARKETING: BIG PHARMA’S PRESCRIPTION FOR PROFITS
  • Retaliation Against Whistleblowers and Witnesses in Federal Proceedings
  • Tax Whistleblowers Encouraged to Come Forward
  • Accounting Firm Partners Indicted in Tax Fraud Case Over Tax Shelters Promoted by Ernst & Young
  • New Whistleblower Law on Medicaid Fraud Signed Today by Governor of Georgia
  • Addendum: IRS Whistleblower Office Is Off to a Strong Start . . .
  • New IRS Whistleblower Director Says IRS Rewards Program Is Off to a Strong Start
  • Whistleblower Case Victory in D.C. Bid-Rigging Trial
  • "Lessons from Health Care Fraud in Medicare and Medicaid" to Begin on This Whistleblower Lawyer Blog
  • Texas Upgrades Its Qui Tam Whistleblower Statute--and Considers An Even Better Whistleblower Law
  • Oklahoma Joins Nationwide Movement of States That Are Passing False Claims Acts with Qui Tam Whistlblower Provisions
  • “Heathcare Auditing Strategies” Quotes Whistleblowerlawyerblog Author on State Whistleblower Statutes
  • Whistleblower Lawsuit Against California Hospital Accused of Overbilling is Settled
  • Justice Department Announces It Joins Qui Tam Health Care Fraud Cases Against HealthEssentials Solutions Inc.
  • Another State Qui Tam Whistleblower Law is Born--Georgia Bill Passes Senate and Goes to Governor for Signature
  • New Qui Tam Whistleblower Law Clears Senate Committee in Georgia
  • Amendments to New IRS Whistleblower Law Considered
  • Guilty Plea in Pharmaceutical Fraud Case
  • New York Becomes Latest State to Agree to Enact a State False Claims Act
  • New Medicaid Whistleblower Law Passes House in Georgia
  • Whistleblower Laws of Two More States--Hawaii and Virginia--Are Approved by Feds
  • Whistleblower Law Sponsor Testifies About Iraq Contractor Fraud
  • New State Qui Tam Whistleblower Law Is Approved by House Judiciary Committee in Georgia
  • IRS Whistleblower Rewards Featured in Smart Money Magazine
  • New "Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act" Passes U.S. House
  • New State False Medicaid Claims Act (with Qui Tam Whistleblower Provisions) Is Approved by Georgia Legislative Subcommittee
  • News in Government Procurement Fraud and False Claims
  • IRS Names New Head of IRS Criminal Investigative Division
  • New Medicaid False Claims Act Proposed in Georgia
  • Has Iraq Fraud Cost Taxpayers Even More Than Previously Believed?
  • Comments--Whistleblower Lawyers, Other Attorneys, and Clients on the Whistleblower Lawyer Blog
  • New Whistleblower Protections Approved by House Committee
  • Medicare Fraud Indictments in Los Angeles
  • State Whistleblower Act Is a Powerful Tool in Texas--But Could Produce Even More Medicaid Fraud Recoveries
  • Watching the New IRS Whistleblower Procedures Take Shape
  • Potential Whistleblowers: IRS Offers Program for Employers "Back-Dating" Stock Options
  • Lincoln's Law and Whistleblower Claims
  • Iraq Indictments:TheTip of the Iceberg
  • New IRS Whistleblower Office Has First Director
  • State Enforcement Efforts Disappointing In Combatting Medicaid Fraud
  • Latest IRAQ FRAUD Report by Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
  • Government Joins Whistleblower Case Against Pharmaceutical Firm for Overcharging on Generic Drugs
  • Progress with the New IRS Rewards Program for Tax Whistleblower Cases
  • Hurricane Katrina Fraud: The Government's Inspectors General Continue to Investigate Fraud and Whistleblower Reports
  • New IRS Whistleblower Rewards Statute
  • Why States Are Passing Their Own Qui Tam Whistleblower Laws
  • Will Your State Have a State False Claims Act?
  • Significant 2006 Verdicts and Settlements of Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases Under the False Claims Act
  • The Whistleblower Statute: The Text of the False Claims Act
  • No More Gifts For Doctors
  • New Compliance and Education Reforms Take Effect
  • Tax Whistleblower Rewards Increase
  • Will Whistleblower Tax Reforms Produce Results?
  • Addressing Contractor Fraud and Abuse in Iraq
  • The CMS Clarifies the Mandatory Whistleblower Reforms
  • Where Is the Oversight?
  • The Most Significant Recent Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases Under the False Claims Act
  • The Growing Importance of the Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases Under the False Claims Act
  • How the Modern False Claims Act Works in Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases
  • History of the False Claims Act
  • Introduction to the False Claims Act and Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases

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