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AT AKEEL & VALENTINE, PLC, WE BELIEVE JUSTICE IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR
At Akeel & Valentine, PLC, justice is worth fighting for
The health care field reflects the source of the greatest dollar amount of FCA violation judgments and settlements. As reported in a Department of Justice press release, the 2021 fiscal year accounted for the DOJ’s collection of greater than $5.6 billion from FCA...
Three attorneys at recently received professional honors. Shereef Akeel, Super Lawyers 2022 in Civil Rights Hasan Kaakarli, Super Lawyers Rising Star 2022 in Civil Rights & National Trial Lawyers 40 Under 40 2021 Adam Akeel, National...
is proud to announce the following new hires. Samuel R. Simkins, associate attorney Daniel W. Cermak, associate attorney Asma Al-Khshali, associate attorney Hayden E. Pendergrass, associate attorney Emad R. Hamadeh Luli Mata, head of...
The majority of states have enacted laws that protect whistleblowers from retaliation in the same manner as federal laws. As noted by the National Whistleblower Center, if you file a False Claims Act or qui tam suit against an employer, you may receive protection from...
Qui tam actions allow a citizen to bring a lawsuit on behalf of the government. Typically, it involves fraud. Because one person is acting for another, it can get confusing exactly who plays what role in the legal action. According to Cornell Law School, a qui tam...
A whistleblower is generally someone who reports wrongdoing by an employer. But formal protection for your actions requires meeting the whistleblower definitions under a specific law. To receive the protections as a whistleblower, you need to know which law applies to...
When you work for a publicly traded company in Michigan or another part of the United States, you may decide to blow the whistle on your employer if you find it engaging in fraud, corruption or something otherwise dangerous or unlawful. A 2002 mandate required all...
Reporting an organization to the government for fraud can be incredibly intimidating. Individuals can feel quite small compared to a larger organization or corporation. But no company, no matter the size, is above the law. The False Claims Act allows whistleblowers to...
Retaliatory actions taken against whistleblowers can easily make a person feel like they have somehow made the wrong decision by trying to help other workers out. Though it is unfortunate in its own way, over half of all workplace complaints involve retaliatory...
When you work for a Michigan employer and learn that the employer is engaging in unlawful or unethical activities in an effort to defraud the federal government, you may consider filing a quit tam lawsuit. A specific type of whistleblower lawsuit involving the False...