April 16, 2024
Constantine Cannon partner Gordon Schnell quoted in BBC article on one of the Tesla whistleblowers and on the rise of high-tech whistleblowers. Read April 16, 2024 at constantinecannon.com
Payments News Update – April 12, 2024
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Visa, Mastercard CEOs Throw Hearing Off Track Payments Dive – April 9, 2024 Sen. Dick Durbin opted to postpone a Senate Judiciary hearing this week focused on Visa and Mastercard’s business practices after CEOs of the credit card companies declined to appear Tuesday. But Durbin, [...]
Whistleblower Spotlight: Joshua Farinella
Joshua Farinella had been working in the seafood industry for eight years when he received a lucrative job offer at Choice Canning, managing its shrimp factory in southern India for $300,000 a year. According to a joint investigation by NBC News and nonprofit The Outlaw Ocean Project, however, Farinella quickly learned that the position came with unethical strings [...]
The Antitrust Week In Review
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Meta cannot delay US FTC from reopening privacy probe, court says. Meta Platforms cannot delay the U.S. Federal Trade Commission from reopening a probe into alleged privacy failures by its [...]
Third Constantine Cannon Law School Scholarship Essay Contest on the Importance of Whistleblowers
Attention all law students! It is that time of year again. Time to share with us your thoughts on what it means to be a whistleblower. That is what our law school scholarship contest is all about. Hearing from our future leaders of the Bar on the importance of whistleblowers [...]
CFTC Makes First Whistleblower Award to Compliance Officer
On March 14, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a $1.25 million whistleblower award. The award is not notable for its relatively modest size. Rather, it is notable because it was made to an individual with compliance or internal audit responsibilities, and individuals serving this function are typically precluded [...]
DOJ Catch of the Week: Trafigura Beheer
Last Thursday (March 28), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Swiss-based international commodities trading company Trafigura Beheer B.V. pleaded guilty and agreed to pay roughly $126 million to settle charges of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The DOJ’s action stemmed from Trafigura’s scheme to bribe Brazilian government officials to secure business with [...]
The Antitrust Week In Review
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. American Express sued in merchants’ class-action over ‘swipe’ fees. American Express has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit in Rhode Island federal court accusing it of overcharging thousands [...]
Radiology Practice, CEO Settle False Claims Act Case for $3.1 Million
The DOJ recently announced that The Radiology Group (“TRG”), a teleradiology provider that performed radiology services (e.g., reading and preparing interpretation reports for MRI scans, CT scans, etc.) for other healthcare providers like hospitals and primary care doctors, and its CEO/co-owner will pay over $3 million to settle a False [...]
Healthcare Lab, Owners to Pay Over $13.6 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Surrounding Unordered, Medically Unnecessary Testing
The DOJ recently announced a settlement with Gamma Healthcare, Inc., a company that provided clinical laboratory testing and radiology services, and three of its owners. Under the settlement, the defendants will pay over $13.6 million to resolve allegations of billing Medicare for lab tests that were not ordered by healthcare [...]