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The False Claims Act and the New Georgia "Taxpayer Protection False Claims Act' 8 Aug 2013 | 02:30 am
After I helped draft Georgia's new False Claims Act enacted last year, the "Taxpayer Protection False Claims Act," I have been asked many questions about this new whistleblower law. Like the federal F...
Liechtenstein Bank Secrecy Gives Way in $23.8 Million IRS Settlement That Exposes US Tax Evaders 31 Jul 2013 | 08:12 am
Another shoe dropped for offshore tax evaders today, in an encouraging sign for the IRS Whistleblower Office. A Liechtenstein bank avoided prosecution by agreeing to turn over files on 200 U.S. custo...
CFTC Whistleblower Program Taps SEC Enforcement Lawyer As New Director 18 Jul 2013 | 12:41 am
In January, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) lost to the SEC the first director of the new CFTC Whistleblower Office, Vincente Martinez. Today CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler announced that ...
Court Allows N.Y. Tax Whistleblower Case To Proceed Against Sprint-Nextel Corporation 11 Jul 2013 | 12:20 am
When New York amended its state False Claims Act in 2010, it broke new ground by including tax whistleblower cases. New York's decision to attract tax whistleblowers bore fruit when the NY Supreme Cou...
Amid Attacks on the IRS, Recognition of the Best of the IRS Whistleblower Office 10 Jun 2013 | 11:55 pm
Now is the time to tell the story of Bob Gardner. Bob retires this week after 37 years of service with the IRS, most recently with the IRS Whistleblower Office. Bob understands that public service is...
Reforming the IRS--and Why We Need a Functioning IRS That Follows the Law 5 Jun 2013 | 11:28 pm
Could the IRS and Treasury Department have done a worse job in how they have handled the alleged "targeting" of conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status before the 2012 elections? My cr...
IRS & SEC Whistleblower Directors Join False Claims Act Officials for Conference on Whistleblower Issues 23 Mar 2013 | 11:25 pm
This week in a rare occurrence, the heads of the IRS and SEC Whistleblower programs and federal and state False Clams Act officials participated in one conference to discuss prosecuting and defending ...
Health Care Fraud Institute Discusses False Claims Act Developments 19 Dec 2012 | 07:58 am
Each December, some of the nation's top health care lawyers gather to discuss developments in prosecuting and defending health care fraud cases at the Health Care Fraud Institute in Atlanta. Because t...
SEC and Justice Department Issue "Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act" 15 Nov 2012 | 07:42 am
The SEC Whistleblower Program authorized in 2010's Dodd-Frank law has greater significance because the SEC and the Justice Department share jurisdiction over Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases. Toda...
As IRS Commissioner Steps Down Today, How the Next IRS Commissioner Can Immediately Help Address the "Fiscal Cliff" by Expanding the IRS Whistleblower... 9 Nov 2012 | 09:27 pm
Today marks the end of IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman's tenure, just as President Obama and Congressional leaders shift to addressing the looming "fiscal cliff." Rather than disrupt the process of narr...
