Thank you to Lawdragon for this recognition and congratulations to all of those recognized for their important work.

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We do this work as a team, and any recognition of one of us speaks to our shared dedication to our clients, their stories, and each other. There is more work to do and we are fired up to help our clients fight to make a difference in their lives and for the public good.

This is the guiding principle of our firm across all our practice areas, representing whistleblowers reporting corporate wrongdoing, parties in defamation actions, demanding the truth prevail over lies, and parties in appeals seeking justice for wrongdoing.

The list recognizes attorneys "who call out and hold to account those whose callous, greedy or vicious actions deprive others of their right to work, to exist, to peaceably abide. To go to court and win the respect that's been stolen."

It will be several months before a three-judge panel decides whether to reverse the lower court’s decision. If we prevail, the case will return to the District Court and proceed to discovery.

Indebted to my dogged legal team led by @max-e-rodriguez.bsky.social and Rylee Somers-Flanagan. 🙏 3/3

In the brief, my team argues that the lower court applied the wrong legal standard when granting Fox’s Motion to Dismiss. Despite citing the well-established rules for the standard of review on a motion to dismiss, the District Court failed to accept our well-pleaded allegations as true. 2/

Read the DOJ press release for more info on this settlement, and check out our website to learn more about qui tam whistleblower cases. Links in bio!
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Whistleblowers are key to holding companies accountable for their fraud on American taxpayers. It takes bravery and determination to shed light on wrongdoing, and we are grateful to our clients for allowing us to help them do just that.

Although PPP fraud has been a high priority for DOJ in the last several years, most cases have turned on simpler schemes like fake employees or concealed affiliates. This is the first PPP fraud case resolved based on an applicant’s fraudulent certification of economic necessity.

Instead of using the funds to pay existing employees in the face of extreme economic uncertainty as Congress intended, the defendants fraudulently used PPP funds as free capital to expand and hire new executives while their business wasn't in jeopardy. This is a landmark case.

As successful operators with sophisticated analytics, the defendants saw their business improving in real time as renters fled multi-family housing for safety during the pandemic. Still, they took advantage of the PPP program, claiming they needed funds for ongoing operations.