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Robert Nelson Participates in California Lawyer Roundtable On State of Whistleblower Law
June 1, 2011
In the June 2011 edition of California Lawyer magazine, Lieff Cabraser attorney Robert J. Nelson discussed the latest developments in False Claims Act or whistleblower law, including how new reward programs by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodities Futures Trade Commission to identify fraud at banks, finance companies, and commercial institutions and greater use of the California Insurance Fraud Protection Act by the state insurance commissioner may influence whistleblowers.
In 2010, the California Lawyer awarded Nelson a CLAY Award for his success as lead trial counsel in False Claims Act litigation against the University of Phoenix that resulted in a $78.5 million settlement, among the largest settlements ever in which the government did not intervene in the action. Read the roundtable discussion.