One of the main effects of whistleblower protection laws is to protect workers from retaliation after they have reported violations of the law in their workplaces. Lawmakers created these protections in order to help workers feel free to report wrongdoing at work...
Blow The Whistle
And Do The Right Thing
At Fischer Legal Group, we help clients aggressively pursue justice in qui tam cases.
As the situation with the COVID-19 virus continues; we want you to know that we are available to all our clients for phone consultations.
Month: October 2023
Know the basics of reporting wrongdoing as a whistleblower
In New York, people have should understand that they have the right to report wrongdoing in the workplace. Those who work for or are applying for a job with the federal government might want to do the right thing and share what they have seen with the proper...
How does the False Claims Act protect me as a whistleblower?
Every job comes with its challenges. If you learn about wrongdoing, unethical activity or misconduct at your workplace, the law allows you to bring such activity to the attention of the public. This is known as whistleblowing. However, it’s not uncommon for a...
Maintaining integrity through the Anti-Kickback statute
Under the Anti-Kickback Statute, health care providers cannot exchange anything of value to reward or induce referrals for federal programs like Medicare or Medicaid. Meaning, doctors cannot give or accept gifts or rewards to get more patient referrals for services...
What is the False Claims Act?
While it has been modified a bit over the years, the False Claims Act has been in place since the Civil War – because fraud against the government by its contractors is nothing new. Under current legislation, a company that knowingly tries to defraud the government,...
Do whistleblowers get paid?
Even though whistleblower retaliation is illegal, those who are considering the possibility of becoming whistleblowers are still sometimes understandably hesitant to move forward. It feels like a risk and they don’t want to lose a career that they’ve worked for,...
$650,000 settlement in whistleblower lawsuit
Whistleblower protections interact with many other laws, particularly for government workers. This is true of federal government employees and employees of New York and other state governments. Two former state government employees received $650,000 in a whistleblower...
