At Bracker & Marcus, we are passionate about providing updates and keeping our community informed on news and law regulations related to whistleblowers throughout the United States.

8 10, 2021

Facebook Whistleblower And SEC Protections

2023-07-12T21:28:19-04:00By |Whistleblower Blog & News, Whistleblower Retaliation Blog|

Facebook Whistleblower And SEC Protections Have you ever thought to yourself: “I wonder how Facebook, whistleblowers, and the SEC intersect?” If so, today is your lucky day! By now, most [...]

10 09, 2021

Attorney General Merrick Garland Rescinds the Infamous Brand Memo

2023-07-12T21:28:21-04:00By |Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, False Claims Act Blog, Whistleblower Retaliation Blog|

Department of Justice may once again use internal agency guidance to enforce the rule of law In January 2018, then-Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand issued a memo, known as the [...]

20 08, 2021

Proposed False Claims Act Amendments of 2021: Cost-Shifting of Discovery in Declined Cases

2023-07-12T21:28:23-04:00By |Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, False Claims Act Blog, Whistleblower Blog & News|

On July 26, 2021, a bipartisan group of senators, guided by long-time False Claims Act champion, Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), introduced a bill to amend the federal False Claims Act (FCA). [...]

17 06, 2021

U.S. Attorney’s Office Settles Healthcare Fraud Case

2023-07-12T21:28:27-04:00By |Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, Healthcare Fraud Blog, Whistleblower Blog & News|

Pharmacist Claims AlixaRx Took Govt. Money for Dispensed Drugs That Weren’t Prescribed In May, the Department of Justice announced that AlixaRx LLC would pay $2.75 million to resolve allegations brought [...]

28 05, 2021

Catching Up on COVID-19 Related Fraud Enforcement

2023-07-12T21:28:28-04:00By |False Claims Act Blog, Financial Fraud Blog, Whistleblower Blog & News|

2021 brought us the first PPP Fraud FCA Settlement and the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force As we’ve covered in past blogs (here, here, and here), the government’s infusion [...]

20 05, 2021

What the Build Back Better Recovery Plan Means for Potential Whistleblowers Under the False Claims Act

2023-07-12T21:28:29-04:00By |False Claims Act Blog, Government Fraud Blog, Whistleblower Blog & News|

It is finally springtime here at Bracker & Marcus LLC. In Atlanta, Julie and I are running outside to bask in the warmth during breaks in our depositions. In D.C., [...]

22 04, 2021

What’s All This About PPP Loan Fraud?

2023-07-12T21:28:31-04:00By |Government Fraud Blog, Whistleblower Blog & News|

The Paycheck Protection Program has already been defrauded out of millions of dollars. One of the hottest areas for fraud against the government right now is Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) [...]

8 04, 2021

Bracker & Marcus LLC Wins Federal Appeal in U.S. ex rel. Felton v. William Beaumont Hospital

2023-07-12T21:28:33-04:00By |Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, False Claims Act Blog, Whistleblower Blog & News, Whistleblower Retaliation Blog|

The Sixth Circuit held that the False Claims Act anti-retaliation provision applies to retaliatory acts performed after the employment is terminated. On March 31, 2021, I had what I can [...]