What’s Happening with COVID-19 Fraud?
SBA reports over 40,000 PPP fraud calls to its whistleblower hotline. Along with our fellow False Claims Act brethren, we at Bracker & Marcus LLC have been on high alert [...]
10 09, 2020
28 08, 2020
Partner Julie Bracker Named to the Vanderbilt University Law School Board of Advisors
The Vanderbilt Law School Board of Advisors plays a vital role in carrying out the school's mission to provide students an excellent legal education. According to the organization, the Board's members [...]
20 08, 2020
Georgia On My Mind
Georgia has three excellent jurisdictions for filing False Claims Act cases. We here at Bracker & Marcus LLC like Georgia a lot. Sweet tea, college football (Go Dawgs!), peaches, mild [...]
14 08, 2020
If You Can Make It There, You’ll Make It Anywhere…
The New York Metropolitan Area’s Three Main United States Attorneys’ Offices Handle a Large Percentage of the Nation’s Qui Tam Cases In our last blog, we heard from Nate who [...]
6 08, 2020
There’s No Place Like Home…
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 [...]
30 07, 2020
Comfort Community Center, LLC Settles False Claims Act Allegations for $150,000
Whistleblower Alleged that the Adult Day Care Provider Overbilled Georgia Medicaid for Developmentally Disabled Adults Bracker & Marcus LLC is pleased to announce a $150,000 False Claims Act settlement with [...]
24 07, 2020
Where Can I File My False Claims Act Case?
Bracker & Marcus LLC can represent qui tam relators in any federal court in the country. Two questions we are frequently asked by prospective whistleblowers are: (1) where can I [...]
13 07, 2020
Universal Health Services, Inc. Settles False Claims Act Allegations for $117 Million
The settlement resolves eighteen qui tam lawsuits alleging healthcare fraud and mistreatment of psychiatric and behavioral health patients. Bracker & Marcus LLC is pleased to announce a $117 million False [...]
9 07, 2020
“I Would Do Anything for Work, But I Won’t Sign That”: A Discussion of COVID-19 Waivers
Employer or State-Mandated Waivers Put Employees at Risk; Consider Contacting Legal Counsel from the National Employment Lawyers Prior to Signing any Employment-Related Waivers After months of temporary furloughs and working [...]
29 06, 2020
Happy Hour with Pigs and Chickens
Farm Subsidy Fraud is a False Claims Act Violation Two things conspired to make Friday Happy Hour a 2020 tradition at Bracker & Marcus LLC. First, there was the small [...]