A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled today that 41 insurance companies represented by Getnick & Getnick may proceed with their Civil RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) action against GlaxoSmithKline. Judge Juan Sanchez rejected GSK’s argument that the insurers, who represent 70% of the health insurance market in the US, suffered no economic injury when…
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Lesley Ann Skillen to Present Whistleblower Case Study to Health Care Board Members
Partner Lesley Ann Skillen is scheduled to speak at the Health Care Compliance Association Board Audit Committee Compliance Conference to be held in Scottsdale, AZ, on February 27-28, 2017. The conference is designed for not-for-profit healthcare organization board members, compliance officers, and senior leaders. Ms. Skillen will join Gabriel Imperato, one of the nation’s leading…
Partner Lesley Ann Skillen to Speak at HCCA Health Care Enforcement Institute
On October 25, 2016, Lesley Ann Skillen will join a plenary session panel at the Health Care Compliance Association’s Enforcement Compliance Institute in Washington, DC. The panel will cover enforcement and compliance strategies for organizational counsel and compliance professionals and includes current and former Department of Justice prosecutors, a leading white collar defense attorney and the…
G&G Partners to Speak at 34th Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime
Getnick & Getnick partners Neil V. Getnick and Margaret J. Finerty will be speaking at the Thirty-Fourth International Symposium on Economic Crime in September 2016 being held at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. They will be presenting on the federal and state False Claims Acts, in addition to the SEC, CFTC and IRS…
Neil V. Getnick to Speak at 14th Annual International Bar Association Anti-Corruption Conference
Managing Partner Neil V. Getnick will be speaking on June 16, 2016 at the 14th Annual International Bar Association Anti-Corruption Conference. Getnick will discuss the potential for U.S. whistleblower laws to serve as a model for anti-corruption efforts in Europe. Read the panel description below: Corruption investigations have come about very slowly in Europe and in many…
Neil V. Getnick Speaks at 11th Annual ABA National Institute on the FCA
Managing Partner Neil V. Getnick spoke at the ABA’s 11th National Institute on the Civil False Claims Act & Qui Tam Enforcement in Washington, D.C. on Friday. In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the modern False Claims Act, Getnick and other giants of the bar participated in a panel discussion “on how the FCA and qui…
At Congressional Hearing, Getnick Defends Whistleblower Reward Programs
Watch a video of the hearing. On April 28, Neil V. Getnick, managing partner of Getnick & Getnick LLP and chairman of Taxpayers Against Fraud, testified at a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice regarding “Oversight of the False Claims Act.” In addition to Getnick’s prepared remarks (read our summary…
Neil V. Getnick to Testify Before House Subcommittee on FCA
Neil V. Getnick, managing partner of Getnick & Getnick LLP and chairman of Taxpayers Against Fraud, will testify at a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice on Thursday, April 28th regarding “Oversight of the False Claims Act.” The Judiciary Committee’s press release announced that “[t]he hearing will examine the False Claims…
Neil V. Getnick Speaks at Mass Torts Judicial Forum Hosted by HB Litigation Conferences
Neil V. Getnick, managing partner of Getnick & Getnick LLP, presented at the HB Litigation Conferences Mass Torts Judicial Forum on April 15, 2015 in New York City on the topic of Whistleblowers: Responding, Investigating, and Adjudicating. Getnick provided background on how our firm investigates our cases, as well as the patterns we see in the whistleblowers…
Lesley Ann Skillen to Address National Gathering of Compliance Professionals on Whistleblower Laws
Partner Lesley Ann Skillen will participate as a panelist at the prestigious Health Care Compliance Association’s 20th National Institute to be held in Las Vegas from April 17-20, 2016. Ms Skillen’s panel, entitled Enforcement and Compliance: Strategies for Organization Counsel and Compliance Professionals, will address cutting edge approaches to corporate compliance, including redefining the whistleblower paradigm…