BOSTON, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Setting a new standard for whistleblower awards, the United States, state governments and Greene LLP client Michael Bawduniak have agreed to $266.4 million in awards to Bawduniak from a recovery from Biogen Inc., the largest such award in the history of the United States. The previously-announced $900 million settlement itself broke records when it was announced in July as the largest False Claims Act settlement ever secured without government intervention.
The $250 million federal award to Bawduniak represents the single highest whistleblower award under any government program, shattering the previous False Claims Act records for largest award to single relator ($96 million in 2010), and largest award from a single settlement ($170 million to whistleblowers in four suits in 2014). The award to Bawduniak also exceeds the highest-ever awards paid under the whistleblower programs of the IRS ($104 million in 2012), the SEC ($114 million in 2020), and the CFTC (nearly $200 million in 2021).
Under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act, whistleblowers with knowledge of financial fraud on the United States can sue on the government's behalf as "relators." After an initial period when the case is under seal, the government must decide whether or not to intervene in the case. If the government does not elect to intervene, the statute authorizes relators to continue to litigate the case. The False Claims Act provides that relators are...
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