April 5/Web - Whistleblowers: Friend or Foe to Industry, Litigation and Society?

The numbers are big. In a single case, major drug and medical supply makers agreed to pay $421 million to settle False Claim Act charges. The DOJ initiated 280 investigations last year and won a record $1.4 billion in judgments triggered by whistleblowers. Changes in laws and regulations continue, enforcement actions follow. The healthcare overhaul is credited with the surge in whistleblower activity. Many describe Dodd-Frank as the most sweeping overhaul of financial regulations since The Great Depression. A recent Labor Department report shows that litigation under the Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower provisions continue to propagate.

To address this burgeoning area of law, LexisNexis® is presenting a complimentary webinar titled Whistleblowers: Friend or Foe to Industry, Litigation and Society?
The program will take place on April 5, 2011, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Designed for in-house counsel and law firms alike, this webinar will address the following subjects:

• The False Claims Act
• The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
• The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act of 2010
• Company considerations on self-disclosure
• Illustrations of typical cases: fraud, illegal marketing and undisclosed drug side effects
• Recent cases: how they are changing, what the damages look like, and the prevailing theories
• Best practices for appropriately protecting whistleblower and industry interests

Appearing on the faculty will be:
Joshua DeRienzis, Esq., Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, PSS World Medical, Jacksonville, FL
Richard Crist, Jr., Senior Vice President, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Chief Privacy Officer, Allstate Insurance Company, Northbrook, IL
Ilene B. Marquardt, Senior Deputy General Counsel & Managing Director, UBS Financial Services, Inc., Weehawken, NJ T.C.
Spencer Pryor, Esq., Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta
Claudine Homolash, Esq., Sheller, P.C., Philadelphia
Brian McCormick, Jr., Esq., Sheller, P.C., Philadelphia

MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.eventsvc.com/LexisNexis_HB/register/dde4a81e-974b-4169-9bd7-8b80f27b6229

*LexisNexis® is approved for Telephonic/Webinar training in 43 states. This specific webinar is approved in 36 states including Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York†, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. This specific webinar is in the approval process for Delaware, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming. REGISTER: http://www.eventsvc.com/LexisNexis_HB/register/dde4a81e-974b-4169-9bd7-8b80f27b6229