As reported in the Washington Post yesterday (November 30), a long-serving Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official filed a whistleblower complaint with Congress claiming significant failures by medical service contractor Loyal Source Government Services and CBP’s refusal to address them. Even worse, when the whistleblower — 14-year CBP veteran Troy [...]
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: UK Payment Sector Urged to Develop System to Bypass Dominant Card Networks Financial Times – November 22, 2023 (subscription required) The UK should develop ways to challenge the dominance of the big card networks and is “at risk of falling behind” other countries unless it [...]
This week’s Department of Justice (DOJ) Catch of the Week goes to King Kong Tools GmbH & Co KG. On Wednesday (November 29), the German-based supplier of recycling, forestry, construction, and agricultural equipment, along with its American subsidiary, agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle DOJ charges of violating the [...]
The False Claims Act is the government’s primary tool to go after those committing fraud against the government. One of the key features of the statute is the qui tam provisions, which allow private parties (whistleblowers) to bring suit on the government’s behalf and in return, receive a hefty share [...]
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. NCAA faces new lawsuit over athletes’ drive for compensation. The National Collegiate Athletic Association has been sued in Colorado federal court for allegedly depriving student players of billions of dollars [...]
The U.S Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Ohio has announced that London Bridge Trading Company, Ltd. (LBT), a Virginia headquartered manufacturer of tactical gear for military, law enforcement, and other organizations, has agreed to pay nearly $2.1 million to settle False Claims Act allegations. The case, initiated by [...]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) just released its 2023 Annual Report on its Top Management and Performance Challenges for the past year. Among the key challenges OIG identified is better protecting HHS programs — Medicare and Medicaid being chief among them [...]
As described in a PETA press release last week (November 16), a whistleblower alerted the animal protection group to what it describes as “extreme animal suffering and mass deaths” at Texas dairy farm Lone Star Organic Dairy. Lone Star has roughly 2,300 cows and supplies milk to Horizon Organic, the [...]
“[I]t is easier . . . to debate the character of the [whistleblower] than to try to make sense of the substantive political issues they reveal, which are by definition complex and controversial. But when the inevitable next leaker comes along, we should not take this easy road. . . [...]
As reported this week in Military Times, a group of whistleblowers have complained of significant failings in the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) suicide prevention hotline. According to the article, the Veterans Crisis Line has rapidly expanded in recent years, growing from roughly 900 employees in 2021 to more than [...]
