Selected Whistleblower Cases

Representation of SEC whistleblower, co-founder of Truth Social, in SEC investigation regarding company’s going-public SPAC transaction and parallel Southern District of New York criminal investigation

Representation of SEC whistleblower, a former registered investment advisor and chief compliance officer, regarding Venezuelan money laundering involving major U.S. financial, accounting and credit rating firms and in parallel Department of Justice investigation, along with other regulatory agencies

Representation concerning investigation into U.S. business affiliation allegedly facilitating money laundering and gold smuggling through Middle East based cryptocurrency exchange

Representation concerning investigation into U.S. aspect of international money laundering scheme involving global Chinese mining operation

Representations involving various whistleblower disclosures to the U.K. Serious Fraud Office related to U.S. conduct of British domiciled companies

Representation of whistleblower, a South African citizen, in U.S. Department of Justice Corporate Whistleblower Program regarding U.S. non-profit for fraud and human rights abuses in Malawi and Zambia and parallel U.S. Senate and House oversight committee referrals

Representation of Illinois elected official in referral of healthcare fraud and patient abuse to U.S. Department of Justice

Representation of non-profit technology company in referral of procurement fraud involving supercomputer technology at U.S. Department of Energy nuclear weapon laboratories

Representation of medical professional in qui tam fraud cause involving upcoding in nursing homes resulting in multi-million dollar recovery for Federal, Illinois and Indiana healthcare programs

Representation of medical device firm in referral of competitor for fraud and abuse to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration

Representation of SEC whistleblower, an investment professional, related to misleading client disclosures involving high yield limited partnership interests sold by registered investment advisory firm

Representation of whistleblower involving procurement fraud involving the Department of Defense and U.S. Postal Service

Representation of whistleblower involving fraudulent marketing of pharmaceutical drug

Select Investigations

Representation of medical provider in joint Federal and state investigation into fentanyl related deaths

Representation of IT company offering well known zero-trust email service in subpoena responses to multiple high profile FBI transnational crime investigations

Representation of investment professional in SEC investigation into insider trading

Representation involving compliance with US sanctions involving an African country

Representation of medical practice in multiple medicare audits regarding medical necessity with potential cumulative exposure of $20MM

Representation of medical provider alleged by major medical center of diverting fentanyl, successfully resolved without adverse finding

Representation of surgeon alleged by major medical center to have provided substandard care, successfully resolved without adverse finding

Representation of physician in wide ranging institutional peer review investigation involving alleged substandard care and medical by-law non-compliance, successfully resolved without adverse finding

Representation of physician in patient death at medical facility, successfully resolved without adverse finding

Numerous representations involving medical peer review

Select Litigation Matters

Representation of joint venture partner in multiple year arbitration with Fortune 500 partner in dispute involving $75MM business, including the re-structuring of the controlling agreements and subsequent negotiated sale of JV interest

Representation of whistleblower defendant in defamation law suit in Florida state court involving Truth Social (Trump Media & Technology Group Corp v Guardian News and Media Ltd., et al., Case No. 2024 CA 003653 NC)

Representation of whistleblower as witness in business litigation in Florida state court involving Trump Media & Technology Group’s going-public SPAC transaction (TMTG et al. v. ARC Global Investments II LLC et al., Case No. 2024-CA-001061)

Representation of whistleblower as witness in defamation litigation brought by Trump Media and Technology Group against the Washington Post in the U.S. District Court for Central Florida (Trump Media & Technology Group Corp v. WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post, Case No. 8:23-cv-01535)

Representation of globally recognized orthopedic surgeon in royalty dispute with multinational medical device company (confidentially settled prior to filing)