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Justice Department Considering Using FCA to Recover Losses in Deepwater Horizon Disaster
FCA Legal Actions Could Result in BP Paying Treble Damages To United States Taxpayers

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Washington, D.C. July 26, 2010.  Assistant Attorney General Tony West confirmed that the U.S. Department of Justice was "considering all avenues of redress against the potentially responsible parties," according to a letter released today by the National Whistleblower Center. The letter specifically mentions the False Claims Act ("FCA").  The letter is in response to a letter from NWC urging the government to use the FCA to hold responsible parties accountable for losses suffered by the taxpayers as a result of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

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Historic Whistleblower Reforms Included in Wall Street Reform Bill Signed into Law

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Washington D.C. July 21, 2010. Significant whistleblower reforms included in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act were signed into law by the President this morning. The law contains a number of provisions designed to protect those who come forward to report securities and commodities fraud.
 
The National Whistleblowers Center has compiled the sections of the bill that pertain to whistleblowers, which include two new qui tam provisions for commodities and securities fraud, extends the statute of limitations under the False Claims Act to three years, and closes a loophole in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by covering subsidiaries. 
  
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UBS Whistleblower Files Official Clemency Petition

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Mr. Birkenfeld has already served more time in prison than anyone else connected with the UBS illegal tax scandal. Visit the Bradley Birkenfeld fact sheet for more information regarding Mr. Birkenfeld's whistleblower actions.

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