Dodd-Frank Act Mineral Extraction Disclosures by Texas Oil Company False Disclosure Lawyer, Confidential Whistleblower Lawyer, and International Oil Company False Disclosure Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

False Dodd-Frank Disclosures by an International Oil Company or International Mining Company Can Be the Basis of a SEC Whistleblower Bounty Action that Can Be Confidentially Reviewed and Filed By a Bounty Action Lawyer by Texas Oil Company False Disclosure Lawyer, Confidential Whistleblower Lawyer, and International Oil Company False Disclosure Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act mandates new disclosures that require oil and mining companies to disclose payments to foreign governments, conflict minerals information, and safety violations.  Failure to disclose this information or disclosing false information can be the basis for a SEC Bounty Action that can pay a whistleblower a substantial reward for exposing fraudulent information.  These whistleblowers can confidential have their case reviewed by contacting a SEC Bounty Action whistleblower.

If you have evidence of energy company disclosure fraud or energy company illegal bribes to government officials, please feel free to contact International Oil Company Government Corruption Lawyer, Jason S. Coomer or go to the following web page: International Oil Company False Reporting Lawyer and International Oil Company Government Corruption Lawyer.

Dodd-Frank Mandatory Disclosure Provisions

Title XV of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act contains several specialized disclosure provisions including the following:

• Section 1504 requires reporting issuers engaged in the commercial development of oil, natural gas, or minerals to disclose in an annual report certain payments made to the United States or a foreign government. This information must be provided in an interactive data format, and the Commission must make a compilation of the information available online. Issuers are not required to provide their disclosures until their first annual report ending at least one year after the date on which the Commission issues its final rules.

• Section 1502 requires persons to disclose annually whether any conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of a product of the person, as defined in the provision, originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country and, if so, to provide a report describing, among other matters, the measures taken to exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of those minerals, which must include an independent private sector audit of the report that is certified by the person filing the report. Certain aspects of this rulemaking will require consultation with other federal agencies, including the State Department, the Government Accountability Office, and the Commerce Department. Persons are not required to comply with these rules until their first full fiscal year after the date on which the Commission issues its final rules.  
• Section 1503 requires any reporting issuer that is a mine operator, or has a subsidiary that is an operator, to disclose in each periodic report filed with the Commission information related to health and safety violations, including the number of certain violations, orders, and citations received from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) among other matters. Issuers must also disclose in their Form 8-K reports the receipt from MSHA of any imminent danger orders or notices indicating that a mine has a pattern or potential pattern of violating mandatory health or safety standards.

Texas Child Sexual Abuse Lawyer Works With Victims, Families, and other Child Sexual Abuse Lawyers To Expose Child Sexual Predators by Texas Child Sexual Abuse Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Texas Child Sexual Abuse Lawyer and Texas Church Child Molestation Lawyer Handles Church Official Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuits and Negligent Hiring Lawsuits Where Church Officials, Church Elders, and Employers Negligently Allow Sexual Predators to Abuse Children by Texas Child Sexual Abuse Lawyer and Texas Church Child Sexual Molestation Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

The Penn State Sexual Abuse Scandal has brought the issue of child sexual predators and those that protect child sexual predators into the public spot light. It is clear that there are still too many child sexual predators out there and too many people in positions of power that are protecting them or failing to expose them.

By exposing both sexual predators and those that allow the sexual predator access to children, families and victims that come forward can protect future children from sexual predators, change policies to protect future generations, and seek compensation from those who negligently allowed sexual abuse and sexual assaults to occur.

Churches, Private Schools, and Community Centers Have a Duty To Protect Children From Sexual Predators and Make Sure that Sexual Predators Do Not Have Access to Children

 

Private schools, churches, community centers, and daycare centers have a duty to provide proper supervision of their premises and staff to make sure that the children in their care are safe from harm.  If the church, private school, community center, or daycare center hires or allows a person that has a history of molestation or sexual assault to be around children, they may have violated their duty to protect the children in their care and have negligently allowed a sexual assault or molestation to occur.  Further, if the church, private school, community center, or daycare center allows strangers to access the premises or does not adequately screen or supervise its employees, and a child is molested as a result of the private school's, church's or daycare center's lack of care, the negligent conduct may support a legal cause of action for negligence. 

Employers that Negligently Hire, Screen, Train, Supervise, Monitor, and/or Retain Sexual Predators and Child Sexual Molesters Can Be Held Responsible for Child Molestation, Sexual Abuse, Rape, and Sexual Assault That Occurs As A Result of Their Negligence

Under Texas Law victims of child sexual abuse, sexual assault, molestation, and rape can seek compensation from employers that negligently hired sexual predators and negligently allowed them to sexually abuse, molest, or rape children.  If you or someone you love has been a victim of sexual assault, molestation, sexual abuse, indecent exposure to a minor, or rape, it is important that you step forward to expose the sexual predator and any other party that allowed the sexual predator to molest, assault, or abuse. 

By exposing sexual predators and any businesses and employers that breached their duty to protect children from sexual predators, victims and families that step forward are helping protect other children and innocents from being sexually abused, molested, or assaulted.  Often these cases create new policies and procedures that detect sexual predators and prevent them from being able to isolate potential new victims. 

Texas Negligent Employer Sexual Assault Lawsuit Information and Texas Church Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Information

For more information on this topic please feel free to go to the following web pages: Texas Negligent Employer Sexual Assault Lawyer and Texas Church Child Sexual Abuse Lawyer.

IRS Tax Fraud Lawyers and Illegal Offshore Account Lawyers Can Help Tax Fraud Whistleblowers: IRS pays whistleblower $104 million

IRS Tax Fraud Whistleblower Lawyers Can Confidentially Represent IRS Fraud Whistleblowers that Want to Expose Corporate Tax Fraud and Illegal Offshore Account Tax Fraud by Texas IRS Tax Fraud Lawyer, Texas Corporate Tax Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer, and Illegal Offshore Account Whistleblower Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

The IRS Tax Fraud whistleblower reward law is IRS Tax Fraud Whistleblower Reward Program under section 406 of the Internal Revenue Code.  This whistleblower recovery law includes significant economic incentives and protections for whistleblowers to encourage people with specialized knowledge of significant tax fraud to step forward and report the fraud.  These protections if used properly can protect whistleblowers from retaliation and allow whistleblowers to recover large amounts of money for being the first to properly report significant tax fraud.   

For more information on IRS Tax Fraud, please go to the following web pages:

• IRS Tax Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits
• Corporate Tax Fraud Lawsuits & Tax Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuits

IRS tax fraud confidential informant and whistleblower lawyer, Jason S. Coomer, works with petroleum accountant whistleblowers, multinational corporation accountant whistleblowers, and other IRS tax fraud whistleblowers that want to confidentially blow the whistle on large scale IRS tax fraud including corporate underpayment of taxes and illegal offshore accounts.  If you are aware of significant tax fraud or underpayment of taxes,  please feel free to contact IRS Tax Fraud Confidential Whistleblower Reward Lawyer and Tax Fraud Informant Reward Lawyer Jason Coomer via e-mail message.

IRS pays whistleblower $104 million

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service has awarded an ex-banker $104 million for providing information about overseas tax cheats — the largest amount ever awarded by the agency, lawyers for the whistleblower announced Tuesday.
Former Swiss banker Bradley Birkenfeld is credited with exposing widespread tax evasion at Swiss bank UBS AG. Birkenfeld himself served roughly two and-a-half years in prison for a fraud conspiracy conviction related to the case, which resulted in a $780 million fine against the bank and an unprecedented agreement requiring UBS to turn over thousands of names of suspected American tax dodgers to the IRS.

"The IRS today sent 104 million messages to whistleblowers around the world — that there is now a safe and secure way to report tax fraud and that the IRS is now paying awards," Birkenfeld's lawyers, Stephen M. Kohn and Dean A. Zerbe, said in a statement. "The IRS also sent 104 million messages to banks around the world — stop enabling tax cheats or you will get caught."

The IRS, which doesn't usually confirm individual award payments, said Birkenfeld signed a disclosure waiver, allowing the agency to confirm his award.

"The IRS believes that the whistleblower statute provides a valuable tool to combat tax non-compliance, and this award reflects our commitment to the law," IRS spokeswoman Michele Eldridge said in an email.

Birkenfeld has become something of a cause celebre among whistleblowers because of the magnitude of his case and the fact that he was jailed after cooperating with authorities.
In a summary of the award provided by Birkenfeld's lawyers, the IRS said, "The comprehensive information provided by the whistleblower was exceptional in both its breadth and depth."

"While the IRS was aware of tax compliance issues related to secret bank accounts in Switzerland and elsewhere, the information provided by the whistleblower formed the basis for unprecedented actions against UBS AG, with collateral impact on other enforcement activities and a continuing impact on future compliance by UBS AG," the IRS said in the summary.

Federal prosecutors, however, had said Birkenfeld withheld information about his own dealings with a former UBS client who pleaded guilty in 2007 to tax charges.

In 2006, Congress strengthened whistleblower rewards. The 2006 law targets high-income tax dodgers, guaranteeing rewards for qualified whistleblowers if the company in question owes a least $2 million in unpaid taxes, interest and penalties.

Some lawmakers, however, have complained that the IRS has been slow to pay out awards.
"The potential for this program is tremendous, and it's up to the IRS to continue paying rewards and demonstrating to whistleblowers that the process will work and that they will be heard and protected," said Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who helped write the law. "An award of $104 million is obviously a great deal of money, but billions of dollars in taxes owed will be collected that otherwise would not have been paid, as a result of the whistleblower information."

Texas Fatal Fire Lawyer and Texas House Fire Lawyer Helps Families Recover Compensation After a Fire by Texas Fatal Fire Lawyer and Texas House Fire Lawyer

Texas Fatal Fire Lawyer and Texas House Fire Lawyer Handles Texas Fatal House Fire Lawsuits, Texas Serious Burn Lawsuits, Texas Water Heater and Gas Explosion Lawsuits, Texas Fire Death Lawsuits, Texas Smoke Inhalation Death Lawsuits, and other Texas Fire Lawsuits by Texas Fatal Fire Lawyer and Texas House Fire Death Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

In the United States, each year over 30,000 people are killed or seriously injured by fire and smoke inhalation.  Many of these fires are the result of negligence or defective products, that could have been easily prevented.   In addition to the serious burns, fatalities, respiratory problems, and other bodily injuries caused by fire, it is estimated that fire destroys over $8,000,000,000 (eight billion dollars) in property damage each year.

In  handling Texas Fatal Fire Lawsuits, Texas Fire Death Lawsuits, Texas Serious Burn Lawsuits, Texas Smoke Inhalation Lawsuits, Texas House Fire Lawsuits, Texas Wildfire Lawsuits, Texas Home Fire Lawsuits and Texas Apartment Fire Lawsuits, it is important to determine the cause and origin of the fire.  The fire can be caused by a variety of factors including defective products, careless workers, negligent property owners, defective water heaters, defective gas cans, failure of products to have child proofing, defective wiring, defective appliances, negligence maintenance, and many other negligent actions.  To determine the cause of the fire and/or explosion, it is important to speak with witnesses and fire investigators as well as to obtain any photos or video of the fire and any and all documents related to fire.    

The cause of the fire can be important in determining what compensation may be available to those that have lost someone from the fire, those injured in the fire, and those that have suffered damages from the fire.  For more information on Texas Fire Lawsuits, please go to the following web pages:

• Texas Home Fire Lawyer and Texas Fire Death Lawyer
• Texas Defective Smoke Detector Lawyer and Texas Aluminum Wiring Lawyer
• Texas Plant Explosion Lawyer and Texas Industrial Accident Lawyer
• Texas Chemical Burn Lawyer and Texas Chemical Release Lawyer
• Texas Serious Burn Lawyer
• Texas Smoke Inhalation Lawyer
• Texas Fatal Gas Explosion Lawyer, Texas Home Gas Explosion Lawyer
• Texas Electrical Burn Lawyer
• Texas Fatal House Fire Lawyer and Texas House Fire Death Lawyer

 

The Texas Bastrop Wildfire Caused Death and Catastrophic Damages

In central Texas, the September 2011 Bastrop Fire killed two people, destroyed over 1,500 homes & buildings, forced thousands to evacuate their homes, destroyed numerous business, and caused approximately $250,000,000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Million Dollars) in damage to the people and business community of Bastrop. 

If you, your business, or a loved one has suffered damages from the Bastrop Fire or another fire and have a question regarding Bastrop Wildfire Lawsuits or another Texas Fire Lawsuit, please feel free to send an e-mail message to Texas Fire Lawyer Jason Coomer.

Defense Contractor Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer and Military Contractor Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer Handles Defense Contractor Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuits: Virginia grand jury indicts military contractor - Businessweek

Defense Contractor Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer Handles Defense Contractor Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuits and Military Contractor Fraud Qui Tam Lawsuits by Defense Contractor Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer and Military Contractor Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Defense contractor fraud is the target of the Federal False Claims Act that offers defense fraud whistleblowers and military fraud whistleblowers large rewards for properly exposing war profiteering and fraudulent defense contractors.  Whistleblowers that have knowledge of corrupt government contractors that have sought payment from the government for defective products, services that were never provided, and dangerous products should are eligible for large financial rewards, if they step forward and properly expose defense contractors that cheat the government through False Certification of Product Quality, Product Substitution, Cross Charging, False Certification of Services Provided, Charging for Services or Goods not provided, Violations of the Truth-in-Negotiations Act ("TINA"), Improper Cost Allocation or other fraudulent schemes.

By working with a defense contractor fraud whistleblower lawyer or military contractor fraud whistleblower lawyer, the whistleblower can increase their ability to properly expose defense contractor fraud as well as be protected from illegal retaliation.  For more information on Military Contractor Qui Fraud Tam Lawsuits and Defense Contractor Fraud Qui Tam Lawsuits, please feel free contact Texas Military Contractor Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer and Defense Contractor Fraud Qui Tam Lawyer Jason S. Coomer or go to the following web page: Defense Contractor Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer and Military Contractor Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer.

Virginia grand jury indicts military contractor - Businessweek

"ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A federal grand jury in Virginia indicted a military contractor Thursday on charges of misrepresenting the level of protection provided by armored vehicles used by VIP convoys in Iraq.  The 13-count indictment charges Armet Armored Vehicles and its president, 67-year-old William R. Whyte of Ontario, Canada, with major fraud against the United States, wire fraud and false claims.

"The Department of Justice has no higher priority than protecting our national security," U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Heaphey said in a written statement. "We will work to ensure that the goods provided by contractors to the brave men and women of our military meet safety standards and contract specifications."

Texas Fatal Accident Lawyers Represent The Families of People That Have Been Wrongfully Killed and Make The World Safer By Preventing Future Fatal Accidents by Texas Fatal Accident Lawyer and Texas Accident Death Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Texas Fatal Accident Lawyers Help Parents, Spouses, Children, and Other Family Members Seek Compensation for Lost Loved Ones and Investigate Dangerous Policies, Negligent Actions, and Hazardous Conditions that Help Prevent Future Fatal Accidents by Texas Fatal Accident Lawyer and Texas Accident Death Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Losing a loved one is difficult. This is especially true if your loved one is killed by the carelessness, conscious disregard, or negligence of another. Unfortunately, every year thousands of Texans are killed by the negligence of drunk drivers, careless businesses, and negligent property owners.  In most of these situations the family of the person killed is not compensated or is under compensated for the loss of a loved one.  Further, many of these fatal accidents are not properly investigated allowing negligent businesses, hazardous conditions, careless people, and dangerous policies to kill or injure others.

Texas Fatal Accident Lawyers can help families that have lost a family member and loved ones through on the job accidents, car crashes, truck collisions, accidental shootings, drunk drivers, dangerous conditions, explosions, fires, failure to follow safety procedures, motorcycle wrecks, falls, medical malpractice, automobile accidents, and other claims resulting in accidental death. Texas Fatal Accident Lawyers can represent the families of the deceased and assert their rights after an accident including performing a full investigation of the accident death to determine what happened and how to prevent any other accidental death from occurring in the same way.

Texas Fatal Automobile Accidents, Texas Fatal Truck Wrecks, and Texas Fatal Car Accidents Are The Most Common Type of Fatal Accident and Can Often Involve Several Different Types of Insurance and Legal Claims

The most common type of fatal accidents are automobile collisions where a drunk or careless driver crashes into another vehicle or runs over a pedestrian or cyclist.  Texas fatal automobile accidents are one of the leading causes of death for persons under 50 years of age and the families of those killed are commonly under compensated by insurance companies.  Because of the complexity of insurance coverage including commercial accident policies, death benefits, and other potential insurance policies, it is often best for families that have lost a loved one in a fatal accident, to seek counsel regarding the fatal accident.

For more information on Texas Fatal Automobile Accident Lawsuits and Texas Automobile Accident Death Lawsuits, please feel free to contact Texas Fatal Accident Lawyer Jason S. Coomer or go to the following web page: Texas Fatal Automobile Accident Lawyer.

Texas Fatal Work Accident Lawsuits Include Texas Fatal Explosion Lawsuits, Texas Commercial Vehicle Accident Death Lawsuits, and Texas Fatal Construction Accident Lawsuits

Texas fatal workplace accidents are another common type of fatal accident that can kill a loved one.  In these fatal accidents, it is typically the family wage earner that is killed resulting not only in the loss of a loved one, but also in the loss of necessary income.  In these situations, it is often essential for the family to seek help in forcing an insurance company or large corporation to pay compensation for lost wages, future lost earnings, and other damages from the fatal accident.

For more information on Texas Fatal Work Accident Lawsuits and Texas Worker Accident Death Lawsuits, please feel free to contact Texas Fatal Accident Lawyer Jason S. Coomer or go to the following web page: Texas Fatal Industrial Accident Lawyer and Texas Work Place Accident Death Lawyer.

Texas Fatal Accident Lawyers Can Help Prove Damages to Insurance Companies and Guilty Defendants After an Accident Death

After losing a loved one in an accident, it can be difficult to locate all potential insurance recoveries and other potential legal recoveries.  It can also be difficult to prove the full extent of damages that your family has suffered from the loss of a loved one.  Insurance companies and guilty defendants are often more interested in protecting themselves from paying compensation, than from making sure a family is fully compensated for the death of a loved one. This is true even if the damages suffered include the loss of a main contributor of financial support to your family or if there are large medical and funeral bills created by the death.  These damages can often cause a ripple affect of other damages that can result in the loss of a home, loss of vehicles, loss of ability to go to college, and other serious financial problems.  Understanding collectible damages under Texas law and potential insurance coverage under Texas law, is important in maximizing a recovery after the loss of a loved one in a fatal accident.

For more information on Texas Fatal Accident Lawsuits and Texas Accident Death Lawsuits, please feel free to contact Texas Fatal Accident Lawyer Jason S. Coomer or go to the following web pages:

• Texas Accident Death Claims and Texas Accident Death Lawsuits 
• Texas Fatal Accident Lawyer and Texas Accident Death Lawyer
• Texas Wrongful Death and Survival Action Lawsuit  

Texas Doctor Mistake Lawyers Are Finding More Dangerous and Negligent Doctors Practicing in Texas by Texas Doctor Mistake Lawyer and Texas Fatal Medical Mistake Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Texas Doctor Mistake Lawyers That Handle Texas Doctor Mistake Lawsuits and Texas Fatal Medical Mistake Lawsuits Are Finding More Incompetent Doctors From Other States and Countries Practicing in Texas and other Medical Doctors That Are Aware of Dangerous Doctors in Their Medical Community by Texas Doctor Mistake Lawyer and Texas Fatal Medical Mistake Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Changes in Texas medical malpractice law have created an environment where negligent doctors including incompetent doctors from other states and other countries are coming to practice in Texas and then carelessly injuring and killing Texans.  Because the Texas Supreme Court and Texas Legislature have substantially increased the cost of filing and litigating Texas doctor mistake lawsuits, many of the mistakes committed by these negligent doctors will not be noticed or acted upon until the negligent doctor kills or seriously injures several people or the right person.

Texas Doctor Mistake Lawyers Are Finding Some Dangerous Doctors Have Long Histories of Making Deadly Mistakes

In reviewing Texas doctor mistake lawsuits, it is becoming more common for the negligent doctor that has made a deadly medical mistake to have had numerous incidents regarding careless acts and for other doctors in the medical community to be aware of the poor reputation of the dangerously negligent doctor.  In these situations, it is not uncommon to learn that the negligent doctor may have caused numerous deaths and that other doctors in the medical community were aware that this dangerous doctor had a history of making deadly mistakes.

Further, in an era of mass profit medicine, many doctors are becoming aware of dangerous assembly line doctors that perform dangerous and unnecessary surgeries as well as other unnecessary medical procedures.  These dangerous doctors often weigh profits over the health of patients and prescribe unnecessary procedures to those with health insurance or Medicare regardless of the medical need.

It Is Important to Report Dangerous Doctors to Prevent Future Deaths and Injuries 

If you have lost a family member to the careless act or actions of a Texas doctor, it is important to report this doctor to the hospital, medical center, or practice that the doctor is working at and to the Texas Board of Medical Examiners.  Additionally, if you believe that you have suffered a significant injury or your child has suffered a birth injury as a result of a doctor mistake, physician error, or negligent act, it is important that you come forward and expose the negligence or mistake to prevent similar mistakes from occurring in the future. 

For more information on specific types of Medical Malpractice, please feel free to contact Texas Doctor Mistake Lawyer, Jason S. Coomer or go to the web pages below:

• Texas Birth Injury Lawyer and Texas Infant Death Lawyer
• Austin Texas Medical Malpractice Lawyer and Texas Federal Medical Malpractice Lawyer
• Federal Military Medical Malpractice Lawyer Handles VA Malpractice Lawsuits
• Texas Cerebral Palsy Medical Negligence Lawyer
• Failed Hip Replacement Lawsuits & Defective Hip Implant Lawsuits
• Texas Erb's Palsy Medical Mistake Lawyer and Texas Birth Injury Doctor Mistake Lawyer
• Inpatient Drug Suicide Lawsuits and Attempted Suicide Lawsuits
• Texas Birth Injury, Small Child Injury, & Birth Defect Lawsuits
• Texas Fatal Drug Interaction Lawyer and Texas Medical Mistake Drug Brain Damage Lawyer
• Texas Tardive Dyskinesia Medical Malpractice Lawyer
• Medical Mistake Infant Death Lawyer and Medical Mistake Birth Injury Lawyer
• Federal Tort Claims Act Medical Malpractice Lawyer
• Military Medical Malpractice Lawyer
• Failed Back Surgery Lawyer & Unnecessary Back Surgery Lawyer
• Military Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Lawyer
• Texas Dental Malpractice Lawyer & Texas Dental Unnecessary Procedure Lawyer
• Failed Knee Replacement Surgery Lawsuits
• Texas Psychiatric Malpractice Lawsuits (antidepressants and suicide)
• Texas Pharmacy Mistake Lawyer and Texas Pharmacy Misfill Lawyer

SEC Requires International Energy, Mining, and Extraction Companies to Report Payments to Foreign Governments by International Energy Company Fraud Lawyer and International Oil Company Illegal Kickback Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

International Energy, Mining, and Extraction Companies Listed With the SEC Are Being Required to File SEC Disclosures On Payments Made to Foreign Government Officials for Oil, Gas, and Mineral Contracts: False Reports of Payments to Foreign Governments by Multinational Oil Companies Can Result In SEC and FCPA Violations That Are the Basis for Whistleblower Reward Bounty Actions by International Energy Company Fraud Lawyer and International Oil Company Illegal Kickback Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, all domestic and foreign companies registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) must publicly report how much they pay governments for access to their oil, gas and minerals, beginning in FY2012. These payments must be reported on a country-by-country and a project-by-project basis, and will likely cover a wide range of the material benefits that accrue to governments from extractive deals.  This Dodd-Frank reporting requirement, known as the Cardin-Lugar Transparency Amendment is expected to help remove corruption from the oil and gas mineral extraction industry.

SEC ruling will spotlight financial dealings of firms in Africa | MinnPost

"The world is set to know a bit more about the billions of dollars that US-listed companies spend to scoop gold and gas and diamonds and oil out of the earth."

"In a 2-to-1 vote yesterday, the US Securities and Exchange Commission approved a thorny clause nestled near the back of 2010's 800-page US Financial Reform Act. Section 1504 — the “Disclosure of Payments By Resource Extraction Issuers Section” — forces any oil or mining company listed on a US stock exchange to produce an annual report detailing each check, bank transfer, or cash-flushed suitcase above $100,000 that they submit to foreign governments."

False Reports of Payments to Foreign Governments by Multinational Oil Companies Can Result In SEC and FCPA Violations That Are the Basis for Whistleblower Reward Bounty Actions

If you have evidence of an energy company that is committing accounting fraud or giving illegal bribes to government officials, please feel free to contact International Oil Company Government Corruption Lawyer, Jason S. Coomer or go to the following web page for more information:  International Extraction & Mining Contract Whistleblowers.

Texas Depuy Pinnacle Hip Implant Lawsuits and Texas Depuy ASR MoM Hip Lawsuits: Depuy Pinnacle Hip Implants and Depuy ASR Mom Implants Are The Subject of Several Failed Hip Implant Lawsuits by Texas Depuy Pinnacle Hip Implant Lawyer and Texas Depuy ASR MOM Failed Hip Implant Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Texas Failed Depuy Pinnacle Hip Implant Lawyers and Texas Failed Depuy ASR MOM Hip Implant Lawyers are Still Taking Some Depuy Pinnacle Hip Implant Lawsuits and Depuy ASR MOM Implant Lawsuits by Texas Depuy Pinnacle Hip Implant Lawyer and Texas Depuy ASR MOM Failed Hip Implant Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Though some Depuy failed hip implant lawsuit statutes are about to run, other Depuy failed hip implant lawsuits continue to be viable.  Persons that have failed Pinnacle hip implants and persons that have recently been diagnosed with a failed ASR MOM hip implant and will require or have recently required revision hip surgery may still have viable failed hip implant lawsuits.  Persons that have a failed hip implant that has recently been removed should contact a Depuy failed hip implant lawyer to determine, if they may still have a viable case. If you or a family member have been the victim of a failed hip replacement surgery and had to have a hip implant replaced through revision hip surgery, please feel free to send an e-mail to Texas Failed Depuy Pinnacle Hip Implant Lawyer abd Texas Failed Depuy ASR MOM Hip Implant Lawyer Jason Coomer about these potential statutes and potential failed hip implant issues.

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For more information on Failed Depuy Pinnacle Hip Implant Lawsuits, Failed Depuy ASR MOM Hip Implant Lawsuits, and Other Failed Hip Implant Revision Surgery Lawsuits, please go to the following Web Pages: Depuy Revision Hip Surgery Lawsuit Information, Failed Hip Surgery Medical Malpractice Lawsuit and Defective Hip Implant Lawsuit Information, and Depuy Failed Hip Surgery Lawsuit and Metal on Metal Hip Implant Revision Surgery Lawsuit Information.

Medicaid Fraud Qui Tam Lawyers Help Health Care Professionals Claim Financial Rewards For Properly Exposing Medicaid Fraud By Texas Medicaid Fraud Qui Tam Lawyer and Medicaid Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Medicaid Fraud Qui Tam Lawsuits, Medicaid Fraud False Claims Act Lawsuits, and Medicaid Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuits Offer Large Financial Rewards and Whistleblower Protections to Health Care Professionals That Properly Expose Medicaid Fraud by Texas Medicaid Fraud Qui Tam Lawyer & Medicaid Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Medicare Fraud Whistleblowers are needed now more than ever to expose systematic Medicaid fraud that is being committed by large for profit health care providers that are seeking to increase their profits by committing fraud against government benefit programs including the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Medicaid, and Medicare.  Through Medicaid fraud, CHIP fraud, and Medicare fraud; some hospitals, nursing homes, home health care companies, therapists, doctors, dentists, and large health care companies are getting rich by defrauding the government and taxpayers.

USDOJ: United States Joins Lawsuit Against San Francisco Area’s North East Medical Services

The United States has joined a whistleblower action pending in the Northern District of California against the federally-qualified health center (FQHC), North East Medical Services (NEMS), alleging that the center under-reported income it received from a managed care organization in order to artificially inflate reimbursements it received from the California Medicaid program, the Justice Department announced today.   North East serves the San Francisco Bay area.

“As health care costs continue to rise, it is more important than ever that health care providers report accurate information to federal and state health care programs,” said Stuart Delery, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Civil Division.   “The Department of Justice is committed to cracking down on improper accounting practices such as those alleged in this case, which undermine the integrity of these health care programs and increase the costs of health care for the rest of us.”

 

“Filing claims that imp roperly inflate reimbursement amounts means there are less funds available for people in need,” said Melinda Haag, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California. “My office views the actions this defendant allegedly committed as a serious breach of the responsibilities healthcare organizations owe to people in need of medical care and also to the taxpayers who fund these programs.  We are committed to doing everything in our power to protect the integrity of the healthcare system.”

 

The whistleblower action, captioned United States ex rel. Trinh v. North East Medical Services, Inc. Civil Action No. 10-1904 (N.D. Cal.), was filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.   The False Claims Act allows for private persons to file actions to provide the government information about wrongdoing.   Under the statute, if it is established that a person has submitted or caused others to submit false or fraudulent claims to the United States, the government can recover treble damages and $5,500 to $11,000 for each false or fraudulent claim filed.   If the government is successful in resolving or litigating its claims, the whistleblower who initiated the action can receive a share of between 15 percent to 25 percent of the amount recovered.

Medicaid Fraud Qui Tam Lawsuit Information, Medicaid Fraud False Claims Act Lawsuit Information, and Medicaid Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit Information

If you are aware of Medicaid Billing Fraud, Medicare Billing Fraud, CHIP Fraud, or other health care fraud and are the original source with special knowledge and evidence of the fraud, it is important that you step forward to expose the fraud.  For more information on Medicaid Fraud Qui Tam Lawsuits and Medicaid Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuits, please feel free to contact  Medicaid Billing Fraud and CHIP Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Coomer via e-mail message or go to the following web pages: Medicaid Billing Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuits, Medicaid Retention Overpayment Lawsuits, Texas Medicaid Fraud Whistleblower Recovery Lawsuits, and Medicaid Referral Kickback Lawsuits.