If you know about COVID-19 stimulus funds fraud, please CONTACT US HERE. G&G is launching a private economic crime unit to combat COVID-19 stimulus funds fraud. Here is the challenge: To address the deleterious economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has established an unprecedented stimulus program that will pour trillions of dollars into…
Neil V. Getnick to Speak at the State Bar of Georgia 2020 Whistleblower Law Symposium
Neil V. Getnick to speak at the State Bar of Georgia 2020 Whistleblower Law Symposium: Whistleblowers and Frauds of the New Decade – FinTech, Crypto-Currencies, and Other Hot Areas of Enforcement. Mr. Getnick will be presenting the relator’s counsel perspective as he participates on an ethics panel entitled, “False Claims Act – Ethical & Legal…
Getnick & Getnick Attorney Gregory Krakower Testifies to New York City Council on Improving NYC Whistleblower Protections
Getnick and Getnick attorney Gregory Krakower was called as an expert witness by the New York City Council Committee on Oversight and Investigations to testify on model whistleblower protections, best practices, and aspects of New York City’s whistleblower laws that the City should examine in order to strengthen whistleblower protections and rights. The hearing marks…
Getnick & Getnick LLP, Lowey Dannenberg P.C., and Co-Counsel Win Novel Settlement From GlaxoSmithKline on Behalf of Insurers
GSK Resolves Claims That Insurers Paid $2.7 Billion For Drugs Manufactured In Violation of FDA Standards On November 12, 2019, on the eve of trial, British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline, LLC (“GSK”) settled a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania that was filed by approximately 40 health insurers, including…
Getnick & Getnick Attorneys to Speak at Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund Annual Conference
Getnick & Getnick Attorneys Neil Getnick, Margaret Finerty, and Lesley Ann Skillen will be speaking at the annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund (“TAFEF”) conference in Washington, D.C. from October 2 – 4, 2019, on topics addressing developments in whistleblower law, including the Federal False Claims Act and the IRS Whistleblower Program. TAFEF is a…
Neil V. Getnick to Speak at 37th Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime
Managing Partner Neil V. Getnick will speak in September 2019 at the Thirty-Seventh International Symposium on Economic Crime at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. During the program entitled, “Whistleblowing: A Global Phenomenon,” Mr. Getnick will participate in the following two panels: (i) “Whistleblowers: Are We Making a Difference,” and (ii) “Can Technology Take…
Getnick & Getnick Whistleblower Case Exposes NY Heating Oil Scam Leading to $3.2M Recovery for Consumers, State, Towns, and Schools
Getnick & Getnick LLP has secured a settlement in New York’s first ever whistleblower case leading to a criminal restitution recovery for individual consumer fraud victims. New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood today announced the $3.2 million recovery from Morgan Fuel & Heating Co. Inc., also known as Bottini Fuel Co., which provides heating oil…
Corporate Crime Reporter Interviews Neil Getnick – Using False Claims Laws to Combat Tax and Consumer Frauds
The October 8, 2018 issue of the Corporate Crime Reporter contains an in depth interview with G&G Managing Partner Neil Getnick. In the interview, Getnick discusses the firm’s recently announced $30 million hedge fund tax fraud case brought under the New York False Claims Act. That case, brought against Harbinger Capital Partners Offshore Manager (the…
Getnick & Getnick Attorneys to Speak at Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund Annual Conference
Getnick & Getnick Attorneys Neil Getnick, Lesley Skillen, Margaret Finerty, and Gregory Krakower will be speaking next week at the Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund (“TAFEF”) annual conference on topics addressing developments in whistleblower law, including the Federal False Claims Act and the IRS Whistleblower Program. TAFEF, a public interest non-profit dedicated to fighting fraud…
Margaret J. Finerty Appointed Co-Chair of NYSBA Task Force on Mass Shootings and Assault Weapons
Getnick & Getnick Partner Margaret J. Finerty has been appointed by New York State Bar President Michael Miller to Co-Chair the Task Force on Mass Shootings and Assault Weapons. The task force is examining the connection between mental health and domestic violence and mass shootings, and exploring the effectiveness of enhanced waiting periods, enhanced background…