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.

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 |Whistleblower Retaliation Blog, Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, False Claims Act Blog, Whistleblower Blog & News|

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 [...]

17 03, 2021

The Department of Justice Announces False Claims Act Enforcement Priorities

2023-07-12T21:28:34-04:00By |False Claims Act Blog, Whistleblower Blog & News|

Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton provided remarks on February 17, 2021 at the annual Federal Bar Association’s Qui Tam Conference. The remarks include the U.S. Department of Justice’s [...]

4 03, 2021

The Bibby Saga, Part II: Living in a Material(ity) World

2024-10-18T01:57:39-04:00By |False Claims Act Blog, Whistleblower Blog & News|

In our previous blog on the Bibby case, we discussed the importance of the seal in False Claims Act (FCA) litigation.  In our second installment of teaching moments from the [...]

8 02, 2021

CMS Issues Final Rule with Changes and Clarifications to the Anti-Kickback Statute

2023-07-12T21:28:40-04:00By |Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, False Claims Act Blog|

As we discussed in our previous blog, November 20, 2020 was a big day for False Claims Act attorneys. Just in time for Thanksgiving, we received:  (1) A draft of [...]

20 01, 2021

CMS Issues Final Rule with Changes and Clarifications to the Stark Law

2023-07-12T21:28:42-04:00By |Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, False Claims Act Blog|

November 20, 2020 was a big day for False Claims Act lawyers. Just in time for Thanksgiving weekend, we received three gifts:  (1) A draft of the Centers for Medicare [...]

3 12, 2020

Blowing the Whistle is Not for the Faint of Heart

2023-07-12T21:30:25-04:00By |False Claims Act Blog, Whistleblower Blog & News|

It is important to hire competent False Claims Act counsel to protect you from employer retaliation.   The Federal False Claims Act and those states that have passed state-level FCA [...]

26 10, 2020

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning To Breathe Free

2023-07-12T21:30:28-04:00By |Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, False Claims Act Blog|

Bracker & Marcus LLC Litigates False Claims Act Cases That Other Relator’s Counsel Turns Away In last week’s blog post, I mentioned that Bracker & Marcus LLC practices differently from [...]

18 09, 2020

Whistleblowers Continue to Make News to the Benefit of Us All

2023-07-12T21:30:34-04:00By |Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, Healthcare Fraud Blog, Whistleblower Blog & News|

False Claims Act defendant Mahendra Amin, M.D. is back in the news for allegations of medically unnecessary procedures on detained immigrants. In April 2015, the United States and the State [...]

6 08, 2020

There’s No Place Like Home…

2023-07-12T21:30:38-04:00By |Whistleblower Blog & News, Government Fraud Blog, Healthcare Fraud Blog|

Qui Tam Filings are Abundant around Washington, D.C., Home of Most of the Nation’s Federal Agencies I was born and raised in Manhattan, Kansas. The Little Apple, as it is [...]