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Companies that depend on federal funding (e.g. healthcare, government contractors and university researchers) face significant risks for False Claims Act prosecutions. Relying on pro-government False Claims Act statutes, potential whistleblowers can earn enormous judgments by filing private actions under seal, and seeking federal government intervention in the matter,
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The Justice Department reported its 2018 fraud statistics showing $2.8 billion in recoveries under the False Claims Act. While this number is staggering, fiscal year 2018 recoveries were down from than $500 million from fiscal year 2017. Nonetheless, companies in the healthcare, defense and financial industries continue to face
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Companies face a myriad of risks that can cause significant legal and reputational risks. A company's employees are critical sources of concerns to prevent and detect problems. Employees have to be encouraged to raise concerns to help the company address these problems proactively. As a result, it is
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As parents we all have been through the following scenario – we encourage our children to communicate and voice their concerns and to learn to articulate, reason and understand perspectives. So, our kids start to speak up and we listen, patiently, but at some point, our patience wears thin, and we
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Companies face an ever-changing constellation of risks, enforcement priorities and demands for internal controls and compliance program elements. As more resources are poured into government enforcement programs, companies have to “reinvent” compliance programs to incorporate new priorities and demands. Many companies have established complaint systems and internal investigation programs