In U.S. v. Alderson, 686 F.3d 791 (9th Cir. July 18, 2012), a case of first impression, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that a relator’s share should be treated as ordinary income for tax purposes rather than as capital gain. Given the lack of authority for both the qui tam relator and the Government’s positions, the… Read more »
Please note: This is the second article in a two-part series discussing North Carolina’s False Claims Act. The first article discussed the Federal False Claims Act and its state counterpart as passed by the legislature in North Carolina. North Carolina’s False Claims Act has a more stringent “first-to-file” provision than its federal counterpart. The federal… Read more »
Please note: This is the first of two articles about North Carolina’s False Claims Act. Since the passage of the North Carolina False Claims Act in 2009, which became effective Jan. 1, 2010, North Carolinians have had a powerful weapon to combat fraud against their tax dollars and to return these funds to the state… Read more »
Joseph D. Mancano will present on “Fraud Trends in the Health Care Industry” at the 2012 PICPA Health Care Conference on June 11-13 in Lancaster, PA. Related Information: Program Information
Marc S. Raspanti will present “Recent Developments in FCA Liability” at the ABA National Institute on Civil FCA and Qui Tam Enforcement on June 7, 2012 in Washington D.C. Panelists include: Michael Granston; Daniel Meron; Marc S. Raspanti; Linda Wawzenski Moderator: Jonathan L. Diesenhaus This panel will concentrate on developing liability issues in the past year, including the… Read more »
Marc S. Raspanti will participate on the panel “Litigating the Healthcare Qui Tam” hosted by the Allegheny County Bar Association’s Federal Court Section. Mr. Raspanti will be presenting Healthcare Qui Tams from the Relator’s Perspective. Date: Thursday, May 24, 2012 Time: 03:00 PM till 05:00 PM Location: US Post Office and Courthouse, Jury Selection Room Related Information:… Read more »
COMMENTARY For years, the Securities and Exchange Commission had a whistleblower program in place that accepted information about securities violations in exchange for the possibility of a financial award if funds were recovered. Nonetheless, over the 20 years that program existed, only six whistleblower claims were ever paid. The reason appears clear. The program was… Read more »
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IRS Informant Reward Program – Overview In 2006, the Congress enacted a new whistleblower law that enables private individuals to report: (1) underpayments of tax; and (2) persons otherwise guilty of violating the internal revenue laws. The passage of the IRS Whistleblower Law was significant because the False Claims Act does not apply to claims… Read more »