The False Claims Act and Qui Tam Quarterly Review, published by the Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, provides an overview of major False Claims Act and qui tam developments including case decisions, DOJ interventions, and settlements. This publication also explores emerging trends in FCA litigation practice, circulates valuable practitioner tips and suggestions, and promotes continued expansion of the Act.
This book covers the merits of a potential action; determining whether the relator would be barred or restricted from any recovery for retaliation and more.
We are living in a time of mind-boggling corruption, but we are also living in a golden age of whistleblowing. Over the past two decades, whistleblowers have emerged as both the government's best weapon against corporate misconduct and the citizenry's best defence against government. Drawing on relentless original research, including in-depth interviews with more than 200 whistleblowers, Crisis of Conscience is a modern-day David-and-Goliath saga, told through a series of riveting cases drawn from Big Pharma, the military, and beyond.
The False Claims Act and Qui Tam Quarterly Review, published by the Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, provides an overview of major False Claims Act and qui tam developments including case decisions, DOJ interventions, and settlements. This publication also explores emerging trends in FCA litigation practice, circulates valuable practitioner tips and suggestions, and promotes continued expansion of the Act.
A searing family memoir, hailed as “remarkable” (The New York Times), “compelling” (People), and “engrossing” (Kirkus Reviews), of a trial lawyer’s tempestuous boyhood in Texas that led to the vicious murder of his brother by the father of actor Woody Harrelson. In 1968, David Berg’s brother, Alan, was murdered by Charles Harrelson, a notorious hit man and father of Woody Harrelson. Alan was only thirty-one when he disappeared (David was twenty-six) and for more than six months his family did not know what had happened to him—until his remains were found in a ditch in Texas. There was an eyewitness to the murder: Charles Harrelson’s girlfriend, who agreed to testify. For his defense, Harrelson hired Percy Foreman, then the most famous criminal lawyer in America. Despite the overwhelming evidence against him, Harrelson was acquitted. After burying his brother all those years ago, David Berg rarely talked about him. Yet in 2008 he began to remember and research Alan’s life and death. The result is Run, Brother, Run: part memoir—about growing up Jewish in 1950s Texas and Arkansas—and part legal story, informed by Berg’s experience as a seasoned lawyer. Writing with cold-eyed grief and a wild, lacerating humor, Berg tells us first about the striving Jewish family that created Alan Berg and set him on a course for self-destruction, and then about the miscarriage of justice when Berg’s murderer was acquitted. David Berg brings us a painful family history, a portrait of an iconic American place, and a true-crime courtroom murder drama that “elegantly brings to life the rough-and-tumble boomtown that was 1960s-era Houston, and conveys with unflinching force the emotional damage his brother’s death did to his family” (The New York Times).
The False Claims Act and Qui Tam Quarterly Review, published by the Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, provides an overview of major False Claims Act and qui tam developments including case decisions, DOJ interventions, and settlements. This publication also explores emerging trends in FCA litigation practice, circulates valuable practitioner tips and suggestions, and promotes continued expansion of the Act.
øFeaturing contributions from scholars and policy practitioners in a number of diverse fields _ including sociology, political science, psychology, information systems, media studies, business, management, criminology, public policy and several branche
“When is it ever wrong to do the right thing?” A JUST CAUSE is an intensely personal yet sweeping tale of personal integrity and corporate intrigue that speaks to crucial issues we are currently challenged to navigate as a nation and as a people eager to renew our faith in and claim on the American Dream. It is a suspenseful yet inspirational real life story of the power of the citizen, the potential for effective action in government, and the importance of family in trying times. It is a living testament to the enduring best of the human spirit and fragility of democracy. It is, above all else, a celebration of heroes.
The integrity of knowledge that emerges from research is based on individual and collective adherence to core values of objectivity, honesty, openness, fairness, accountability, and stewardship. Integrity in science means that the organizations in which research is conducted encourage those involved to exemplify these values in every step of the research process. Understanding the dynamics that support â€" or distort â€" practices that uphold the integrity of research by all participants ensures that the research enterprise advances knowledge. The 1992 report Responsible Science: Ensuring the Integrity of the Research Process evaluated issues related to scientific responsibility and the conduct of research. It provided a valuable service in describing and analyzing a very complicated set of issues, and has served as a crucial basis for thinking about research integrity for more than two decades. However, as experience has accumulated with various forms of research misconduct, detrimental research practices, and other forms of misconduct, as subsequent empirical research has revealed more about the nature of scientific misconduct, and because technological and social changes have altered the environment in which science is conducted, it is clear that the framework established more than two decades ago needs to be updated. Responsible Science served as a valuable benchmark to set the context for this most recent analysis and to help guide the committee's thought process. Fostering Integrity in Research identifies best practices in research and recommends practical options for discouraging and addressing research misconduct and detrimental research practices.
