Professor Ventry Comments for Bloomberg BNA on Whistleblower Case

Professor Dennis Ventry commented for Bloomberg BNA on the New York Attorney General's decision not to take over a qui tam case filed against Citigroup by a whistleblower under the False Claims Act.  Professor Ventry said that the Attorney General's decision is not necessarily an indication that the case lacks merit.

‘‘It might also reflect the government's discretion to not pursue all meritorious claims, or that the claims involve information already in the government's possession, or that the government lacks the resources to pursue the claims,'' he told Bloomberg BNA. ‘‘Even if the state declines to convert or intervene in a whistle-blower action initially, it can intervene at a later date.''

Professor Ventry is an expert in tax policy and legal ethics. His research interests include tax expenditure analysis, family taxation, professional responsibility and standards of care, tax filing and administration, tax compliance, public finance, and tax and legal history. In addition, he was recently added as a co-author on the casebook, Federal Income Taxation with Paul McDaniel, Martin McMahon, Jr., and Daniel L. Simmons.