Pennsylvania and New Jersey both have whistle blower laws, and both come down to the same principle: an employer cannot threaten, discharge, or retaliate against an employee who in good faith reports employer malfeasance to a state or federal agency. Good faith is the operative standard. You do not have to be proven right about every detail to be protected from reprisal for making the report.
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Timing matters more here than in most employment matters, because of the first to file rule. The first person to file a claim against a company is the person entitled to the reward. If you hold evidence of wrongdoing by a corporation, waiting can cost you the claim entirely, no matter how good your evidence is. That is one reason among several to contact an attorney as quickly as possible rather than gathering material for months first.
The underlying fraud takes many shapes. In insurance, whistle blower cases frequently involve defrauding Medicare and Medicaid, including a case involving a well known pharmacy chain that was double billing for prescriptions. Insurance fraud reaches well beyond health care. Tax fraud is its own broad category: false deductions, unreported revenue, shifting earnings or losses into a different year, hiding profits, manufacturing losses, and failing to file or pay. Austin Freundlich and Gregory Littman are experienced whistle blower attorneys who work to protect your rights against reprisal and to litigate the claim itself. Contact us for a free consultation and case evaluation.
Protection
Both New Jersey and Pennsylvania have whistle blower laws that in essence state that an employer cannot threaten, discharge or retaliate against an employee who in good faith reports an employer of malfeasance to a state or federal agency.
Austin Freundlich and Gregory Littman are experienced whistle blower defense attorneys who will work to protect your rights against any reprisals as well as litigate your claim. Contact us today for a free consultation and case evaluation.
"First to File" rule
If you have evidence of wrongdoing by a corporation or company, it is crucial to contact an attorney as quickly as possible. The “first to file” rule is among many reasons. This means the first person to file a claim against a company is the person entitled to the reward.
Fraud
In terms of insurance fraud, quite often whistle blower cases involve defrauding Medicare and Medicaid. One such case involved a well known pharmacy chain who was double dipping or double billing for prescriptions. There are numerous other cases of insurance fraud not only in the area of health.
There are many areas of tax fraud including false deductions, not reporting revenue, delaying earnings or losses to a different year, hiding profits and manufacturing losses and failing to file or pay taxes among many others.
