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• SEC Whistleblower Settlements Have Resulted in $1 Billion in Awards Paid For Uncovering Violations of Securities Laws

  September 20, 2021

  Russell Maas

  Whistleblower claims hit a $1 billion landmark this month in money rewarded to those who uncover fraud against the government.

• St. Jude Settles Justice Dept Charges Over ICD Battery Problems With $27M Payment

  July 20, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  St. Jude will pay the Justice Department $27 million to settle a whistleblower claim that it lied to the FDA about the safety of several of its implantable defibrillators, which resulted in patient deaths and a recall.

• Whistleblower Lawsuit Over AstraZeneca Off-Label Marketing Ends in $2.4M Verdict

  June 24, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  An Oregon jury wants AstraZeneca to pay $2.4 million for violating a former employee's whistleblower rights after she claimed the company was illegally marketing the asthma drug Symbicort.

• NHTSA Encourages Auto Industry Whistleblowers To Report Safety Problems and Claim Monetary Awards

  June 16, 2021

  Russell Maas

  The NHTSA has launched a new website for whistleblowers in the automotive industry to report known defects and safety violations, while offering them monetary compensation for successful prosecutions.

• Whistleblower Lawsuits May Have Helped Reduce Fraudulent Heart Stent Surgeries: Study

  September 23, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study finds that whistleblower lawsuits against doctors who performed unnecessary heart stenting procedures may have helped clamp down on cases of medical fraud.

• JUUL Sold Tainted And Expired Vaping Pods, Former Exec Says In Whistleblower Lawsuit

  October 31, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  A former JUUL executive claims the company knowingly sold contaminated and expired pods to consumers after the CEO described its customers as drunks who don't care about the quality of what they were inhaling.

• DOJ Recovered More Than $2.8 Billion Under False Claims, Whistleblower Acts In 2018

  January 16, 2019

  Russell Maas

  The Justice Department says it recovered nearly $3 billion in fraud claims last year, mostly from healthcare fraud, thanks in large part to whistleblowers.

• Combat Arms Earplug Problems May Have Placed Veterans At Risk of Hearing Loss, Tinnitus

  January 11, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  Thousands of U.S. military personnel may have suffered hearing damage due to defective 3M earplugs which did not work properly.

• Doctors Rewarded By Drug Companies Prescribe More Opioids: Study

  May 15, 2018

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds a link between payments from opioid manufacturers, and doctors who prescribe more of the painkillers than their peers.

• Subsys Purposefully Sold To Pain Patients That Did Not Need It: Whistleblower

  June 6, 2017

  Irvin Jackson

  Former employees accuse the makers of Subsys, a powerful painkiller, of telling them to lie to insurance companies to boost sales of the drug, which was supposed to be restricted to cancer patients.