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Over 20 Years Standing Up For Whistleblowers In Nationwide Fraud Litigation
Many stories about whistleblowers made it into films, news reports, podcasts, and books. Each premise is different, but they all come down to individuals or groups taking the brave step of coming forward about illegal government activity, crimes committed by...
Voice of American is an independent state-run media service. However, six senior executives complained that the network had become a propaganda machine under the Trump administration. This complaint was spurred by the behavior of right-wing documentary filmmaker...
Former intelligence chief Brian Murphy made national news in the fall of 2020 when he went public about the Trump administration deliberately withholding reports about the rising tide of domestic extremism and Russia’s ongoing interest in influencing national...
Whistleblowers can experience a lot of professional and personal hardship, so it is affirming that there is a National Whistleblower Day with an additional two days of related events. This year it was expanded to run July 28-30 and will highlight international...
The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 went into effect late that year. It updated the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) in several meaningful ways, including the whistleblower provisions. It now offers more significant incentives to individuals who report BSA violations to the...
The New York Attorney General’s office is investigating Governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment. New York AG Letitia James expanded the investigation to examine whether the accusers faced retaliation by the three-term governor and his staff. The AG hired outside...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched a new website on June 14. Its goal is to make it easier for employees of motor vehicle manufacturers, parts suppliers and dealerships to provide information to the federal agency, which among other...
The amount of whistleblower money issued by the SEC has trended up recently, but $176 million in the fourth quarter of 2020 was a high-water mark. It matched nearly the entire amount given in 2019, which was itself a record-setting year. Since creating an investor...
When you discover your employer isn’t following standard safety standards, putting workers in danger, or engaging in fraud, you may feel compelled to report it. However, you feel apprehensive about that. You don’t expect your employer to fix the problem. In fact, you...
You are considering becoming a whistleblower. You know the home health care company you work for is committing Medicare fraud by overbilling and you feel compelled to report it. You decide to do a little research about whistleblower laws and come across an unfamiliar...