Category Archives: Whistleblowers
Jonathan Freidin featured in OUTside Influence, published by the Federal Bar Association’s LGBT Law Section
Advocacy Within the Courtroom and Beyond: A discussion with Jonathan Freidin By Sergio E. Molina Over the course of his developing career, Jonathan Freidin has perfected the art of juggling responsibilities, and has done so to the benefit of both his clients and of the South Florida LGBTQ+ community. While working with Freidin Brown,… Read More »
Did the Marlins Make a False Claim?
As reported in the Florida Herald, the sale of the Florida Marlins by former owner Jeffrey Loria in September of 2017 potentially triggered a windfall for Florida-Dade. A clause in the 2009 profit-sharing deal between the ballclub and Florida-Dade supposedly required the team to provide 5 percent of sale proceeds to the city. But… Read More »
Florida Tops List of Providers Banned by Medicare
Of all of Medicare’s banned providers, Florida tops the list with nearly 1,500 addresses. Florida comes in first place on the federal government’s “exclusion database,” which contains more than 57,000 entries. And Florida tops the list by a long shot. Following Florida’s 1,491 entries, Los Angeles comes in second place with 522. Phoenix, Brooklyn… Read More »
Johnson & Johnson To Pay $2.2 Billion For False Marketing
To settle charges of misbranding and paying “kickbacks” to doctors and nursing homes, Johnson & Johnson will pay $2.2 billion. The settlement involves the schizophrenia drugs Risperdal and Invega, and the heart failure drug Natrector. According to the Lawyer General Eric Holder, the company “lined their pockets at the expense of American taxpayers, patients… Read More »
Broward Psychiatric CEO Sentenced To 25 Years For Medicare Fraud
A judge just sentenced a psychiatric CEO to 25 years in prison for Medicare fraud. Karen Kallen-Zury, a 60-year-old Lighthouse Point woman, and CEO if the Hollywood Pavilion psychiatric facility was also ordered to repay about $40 million to the Medicare program and had her bond revoked. The judge also delivered lengthy prison sentences… Read More »