Last week brought bombshell news for all those who care about stopping fraud on the government. And it wasn’t the good kind. On September 30, Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, a federal judge in Tampa, Florida, held that the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act are unconstitutional. Those provisions allow whistleblowers to sue on […]
Several news outlets have highlighted our client’s historic $79 million whistleblower award, shared with two other whistleblowers. The award is one of the largest ever made under the IRS Whistleblower Program for exposing tax fraud, with the whistleblowers helping the government recover more than $263 million. The press coverage has focused not only on the […]
ALLEGED UNNECESSARY DRUG TESTING OVERCHARGES GOVERNMENT
In September 2024, Oak Street Health (OSH), a primary care provider group with hundreds of locations in several states, agreed to pay $60 million to settle a whistleblower case brought under the False Claims Act (FCA). The FCA allows private individuals to sue in the name of the United States to allege fraud against the […]
ONE OF THE LARGEST AWARDS EVER UNDER THE IRS WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM
Whistleblower Partners is proud to announce that the IRS Whistleblower Program has awarded our client, along with two other whistleblowers, a maximum 30% reward in the total amount of $79 million for helping expose and shut down a longstanding and complex tax fraud. It is one of the largest awards in program history. Our client […]
Hallie Noecker and Mike Ronickher were featured in Reuters in an article announcing the launch of Whistleblower Partners. The article highlights the firm's high-profile roster of clients, including: Frances Haugen, the former Facebook employee who exposed harm to teen girls on Instagram; Ed Pierson, the former Boeing manager who warned of production issues at the […]
Poppy Alexander and Hamsa Mahendranathan were featured in Bloomberg Law in an article announcing the launch of Whistleblower Partners. The article highlights the firm's roster of “high-profile clients,” including whistleblowers from Boeing, Theranos, and Meta's Facebook. It also notes the attorneys at the firm “have been involved in a number of whistleblower awards,” including a $108 […]
Mary Inman was quoted in the New York Times in an article examining the role of private lawyers in pursuing Medicaid fraud settlements against Centene Corporation, which has now paid nearly $1 billion across multiple states for inflating prescription drug prices. Inman, drawing on “decades of experience” in whistleblower law, noted that whistleblowers are typically […]
Poppy Alexander and Chris McLamb were quoted in Law360 in an article announcing the launch of Whistleblower Partners. The article notes that the firm's attorneys have “more than 100 years” of combined experience representing whistleblowers and highlights the firm's successful track record. Alexander emphasized what sets the firm apart: "We work together with our clients […]
