When Inside Knowledge Is a Handicap to a Whistleblower

Here’s a riddle: The whistleblower is a former employee of the defendant, with inside knowledge of the operations at the heart of his qui tam suit.  How can that inside knowledge be a handicap in pressing his claim?  A June 21 decision by a Massachusetts federal court provides an answer and an …

[Read more...]

Broward Health Wins Most-Illegal-Physician-Comp

Okay, there’s not really a Most-Illegal-Physician-Compensation Prize.  But if there were, Florida’s North Broward Hospital District would have won in a walk.  That’s why the district has agreed to pay the government $69.5 million to settle charges that it violated the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute …

[Read more...]