Two weeks ago there was a great article in Law360, a paid subscription legal news service. The article, titled “3 Kinds of Legal Battles Being Fueled by Low Oil Prices,” claims that this year’s low oil prices are giving rise to three types of lawsuits. The author expects to see a sharp rise in claims […]
BREAKING NEWS: Andrews Kurth Loses $200 Million Malpractice Claim
By all accounts, Andrews Kurth is a well-healed Texas law firm. Founded in 1902, the firm today boasts over 400 lawyers and offices around the world. It is also considered one of the best oil and gas firms. This week, however, a jury verdict in a legal malpractice lawsuit threatens the very survivability of the […]
Whistleblower Award in Oil Pollution Case?
Last week a federal jury in Alabama convicted Norwegian shipping company Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab Shipping of various criminal charges arising under the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. Three crewmembers were also convicted after a 2 week trial. A fourth crewmember had previously pleaded guilty. The company, which commonly known as DSD Shipping, could face $4 […]
CNN Warns of Oil & Gas, Shale Bond Defaults
CNN Money recently carried a story entitled, “Warning: Oil Company Defaults Coming.” We agree with everything in the article, however, we wish it were published years ago! For many months we have warned about coming defaults in the shale bond arena. Back in August, the Wall Street Journal reported that oil producers are expected to […]
Court Allows Patient Records as Basis for False Claims Act Claim
Medical records are protected both by the Health insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and employment agreements that typically mandate that patient records be kept confidential. Although the purpose of these agreements and HIPAA is to protect patients, some healthcare providers have been using them as a shield against False Claims Act claims. Enacted during […]
Seeking Freedom Mortgage Insiders & Borrowers
MahanyLaw, a leading national False Claims Act / Whistleblower law firm is seeking information about possible improprieties by Freedom Mortgage Corporation. Freedom bills itself as a leading (top 10) VA lender but one veteran has told us a very different story. The vet we spoke to reports that he was improperly charged appraisal fees in […]
Unnecessary Testing and Medicare Fraud
Recently we heard from a potential whistleblower complaining about a physician who is ordering unnecessary tests simply to generate higher Medicare billings. The whistleblower’s story bears repeating since we suspect it is happening elsewhere. To protect confidentiality, we will use made up names in this post. Dr. Jones often adds a diagnosis of chest pain to […]
Sheldon Silver, Dr. Robert Taub and Medicare Fraud
Medicine has become big business. While the vast majority of healthcare professionals are genuinely dedicated to improving patient lives, a few bad apples spoil the profession. Most often those “bad apples” are hospital administrators and executives of big pharma. Even physicians become overcome by greed, however. As I write this post, former New York Assembly […]
Hospice Fraud – The New False Claims Act Frontier
The demand for hospice care is exploding. Because most of the recipients of end-of-life care are elderly, the taxpayer funded Medicare program often must foot the bill. It comes as no surprise then that federal Medicare expenditures for hospice care have doubled in recent years. Medicare’s hospice care program is only designed to be used […]
Lender Liability Archives – Jury Tags Bank for $17 Million
[Ed. Note: This post appeared on our sister site, Lender Liability Lawyer. You can read more stories there about bank fraud and lender liability on our Banking Misconduct blog.] Currently we are litigating a bad faith, wrongful default claim against 8 banks. These are banks that wrongfully declared a default and thereafter squeezed a successful […]
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