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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Delayed Action on Misconduct Costs Firm $4M; FCA Whistleblower Flagged Earlier Application

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Scientist and pharmaceutical researcher Andrew P. Mallon—who first reported to NIH and others in 2016 his suspicions that then-Athira Pharma CEO Leen Kawas falsified data in published papers—filed the whistleblower suit...more

Goodwin

False Claims Act Risks In U.S. Higher Education

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The federal False Claims Act (FCA) has long been a powerful tool for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) — or private whistleblowers bringing suit on the DOJ’s behalf — to investigate and police activity financed with...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Duke University to pay $112 million in research fraud settlement

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On March 25, 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Duke University agreed to settle a qui tam False Claims Act case for $112.5 million. The whistleblower, who pursued the case on the government’s behalf when...more

Carlton Fields

Whistleblowers on Campus: DOJ Adds Research Universities to its False Claims Act Focus

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Federal funding is the grand prize for higher education research institutions. Each year, the federal government pumps hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants and awards into the university system. These funds are...more

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