Health Jul 23 Montana health clinic must pay nearly $6 million over false asbestos claims, judge rules By Matthew Brown, Associated Press
Politics Sep 29 Watch 7:09 The legal framework protecting whistleblowers in the U.S. The modern-day False Claims Act protects whistleblowers who point out fraud and abuse in government. John Phillips, who helped author the law, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the rights whistleblowers have. Phillips is a founding partner at the law firm…
Nation Dec 21 Watch 8:34 Whistleblowers win with False Claims Act, but does it actually deter fraud? Last year alone, the federal government and its whistleblowers -- people incentivized by the False Claims Act to expose fraud in companies that work with the government -- recovered nearly $6 billion in lawsuits that exposed wrongdoing. But some question… By PBS News Hour
Nation Dec 21 Top payouts to federal false claims whistleblowers in fiscal year 2014 In the last fiscal year, the federal government recovered a record $5.69 billion under the False Claims Act. And as recoveries have increased, so have the awards for those whistleblowers who play a crucial role in exposing cases of fraud. By Saskia de Melker