Compliance:
11 Tips To Ward Off Qui Tam Lawsuits
Published on Fri Feb 10, 2012
A robust reporting mechanism is your best defense against a whistleblower suit. Being the target of a whistleblower lawsuit could cost you dearly, and even close your doors forever. Follow this expert advice to head off an expensive and exhausting qui tam filing. 1. Establish a compliance plan. If you don't have a comprehensive compliance plan in place yet, get one ASAP, legal experts urge. If you have one that's been gathering dust on the shelves, make re-implementing it a top priority. "This is your chance to keep yourself from being harmed in a whistleblower suit," says attorney Robert Markette, Jr. with Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff in Indianapolis. The only thing worse that not having a plan at all is having one and not following it. You need to have a compliance plan and stick to it, advises attorney Marie Berliner with law firm Joy & Young in Austin, [...]