Supreme Court - Whistleblower Law Blog http://whistleblower.labovick.com/articles/qui-tam-legal-news/ en-us Copyright 2008 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:15:04 -0500 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:31:22 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Senator Grassley joins in the filing of a whistleblower tax fraud briefs to the Supreme Court On January 19, Senator Charles Grassley filed an Amicus Curiae ("friend of the court") brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Allison Engine Co., Inc. v. United States ex rel. Sanders. The Sanders case will have far-reaching impact on the viability of America's most important whistleblower protection law: The False Claims Act.

According to Stephen Kohn, President of the National Whistleblower Center, "If the Supreme Court were to find against the whistleblowers in this case, it will open a loophole by which fraudulent companies will launder their dirty contracts through subcontractors, thereby defeating the presentment requirement."

The Whistleblower Protection Blog and TAF generously provided the briefs filed by the Petitioner's, Respondents, Senator Grassley and Tax Payers Against Fraud.

Click here to see the release issued by the Whistleblower Law Center.

]]> http://whistleblower.labovick.com/2008/01/articles/federal-taxes/senator-grassley-joins-in-the-filing-of-a-whistleblower-tax-fraud-briefs-to-the-supreme-court/ http://whistleblower.labovick.com/2008/01/articles/federal-taxes/senator-grassley-joins-in-the-filing-of-a-whistleblower-tax-fraud-briefs-to-the-supreme-court/ Federal TaxesFraudSupreme Courtfalse claimsfalse claims actqui tamwhistleblower lawswhistleblowers tax fraud Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:15:04 -0500 Juliet@LaBovick.com (LaBovick Law) Supreme Court dismisses Whistleblower Lawsuit The False Claims Act's "original source" provision requires that relators have direct and independent knowledge of the information on which their allegations are based at all stages of the litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.

The Supreme court, voted 6 to 2 in Rockwell v. United States, and said retired engineer James S. Stone can't share in a $4.2 million award he and the U.S. government won in a suit against Rockwell International, which is now a part of Boeing.

Click here to read the full text of the Supreme Court opinion.

]]> http://whistleblower.labovick.com/2007/03/articles/qui-tam-legal-news/supreme-court-dismisses-whistleblower-lawsuit/ http://whistleblower.labovick.com/2007/03/articles/qui-tam-legal-news/supreme-court-dismisses-whistleblower-lawsuit/ QuiQui tam Legal NewsRockwell v United StatesSupreme Courtrelatortam" Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:38:58 -0500 Juliet@LaBovick.com (LaBovick Law)