By Jeffrey M. Haber The Anti-Retaliation Provisions of the False Claims Act The decision to blow the whistle is not an easy one to make, especially when the person blowing the whistle does so on his/her employer. A person’s career, financial security, reputation and sometimes personal safety can be at risk. This is true whether the person worked for the company that is the subject of a potential whistleblower (or “qui tam”) action. Recognizing the risks, Congress amended the

By Jeffrey M. Haber On December 14, 2016, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that it “obtained more than $4.7 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government” in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016. This amount represents “the third highest annual recovery in False Claims Act history, bringing the fiscal year average to nearly $4 billion since fiscal year 2009, and the total recovery during that perio