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Last week,  The Anti-Fraud Coalition (TAF) 23rd Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. updated whistleblower attorneys on key developments in whistleblower laws and programs.  Getnick Law attorneys Neil Getnick, Margaret Finerty, and Courtney Finerty-Stelzner spoke at the conference on topics addressing developments in whistleblower law and diversity, equity, inclusion and justice (“DEIJ”). Neil moderated a panel of former whistleblowers who told their stories of finding the courage to blow the whistle on their companies’ wrongdoing and navigating their False Claims Act qui tam cases with the help of their attorneys.  During the panel, Neil commended the whistleblowers for their commitment to... read more

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.”  As noted in the Judiciary Committee’s press release, the hearing examined “the False Claims Act, which is one of the government’s principal anti-fraud laws that has proven to be effective at recovering taxpayer money lost as a result of fraud against the federal government.” In his prepared remarks, Getnick lauded “the extraordinary success of the Federal False Claims Act... read more