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A former CFO who blew the whistle on his employer under the False Claims Act will receive a $2.6 million cut of an $18.1 million settlement with the U.S. government. Relator Kimthy Chao alleged that Calnet Inc., a Reston-based defense contracting company, systematically overbilled the Department of Defense by millions of dollars over a period [...]

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Del. Bill Janis, R-Glen Allen, wants to undo a Virginia Supreme Court decision barring state and local government workers from some protections of the state whistleblower law. Janis has prefiled legislation for the 2011 General Assembly to provide relief for government employees who are fired or otherwise retaliated against for reporting wrongdoing. The bill comes [...]

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When Judge Wilson ordered Abbott Laboratories to turn over selected e-mails to federal investigators looking into alleged off-label marketing of Depakote, we had to wonder – why was this high-level pharmaceutical drama playing out in Abingdon, Va.? Abbott is based in Illinois. It sells the anti-seizure drug Depakote all around the world. The Justice Department [...]

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A county employee who reported misdeeds by his supervisor – and was promptly fired – cannot sue for retaliation under the Virginia whistleblower law because the county is protected by sovereign immunity, the Supreme Court of Virginia ruled today. There is nothing in the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act to indicate a waiver of the [...]

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