• posted: Jun. 29, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Internal Revenue Service,  wrongdoing within a corporation

New evidence from nonprofit advocacy organizations Common Cause and the Center for Media and Discovery bolsters claims that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has been falsely portraying itself as Read More

• posted: Jun. 25, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• administrative proceedings,  anti-corruption laws,  international anti-corruption

There have been some significant developments in the world of international anti-corruption laws in recent months. The following are a few examples: Greater transparency in corporate charging decisions. Assistant Attorney General Read More

• posted: Jun. 22, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• racial slur

Reya C. Boyer-Liberto, a cocktail waitress, recently filed a lawsuit against the Maryland hotel she worked at, claiming she was fired after complaining about people using racial slurs against her. Read More

• posted: Jun. 18, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• internal company policies,  Sarbanes-Oxley violation,  violated federal law

The recent decision in the Pennsylvania case of Westawski v. Merck & Co, Inc. clarified a rule stating whenever someone files a whistleblower complaint about a Sarbanes-Oxley violation against a Read More

• posted: Jun. 15, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• FOIA,  Freedom of Information Act,  retaliate,  U.S. Marshals Service

Multiple whistleblowers have come forward from the U.S. Marshals Service, claiming that leadership within the agency uses requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to retaliate against individuals because Read More

• posted: Jun. 11, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• compliance officer

On April 22, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an award of between $1.4 million and $1.6 million given to a compliance officer who alerted authorities to wrongdoing Read More

• posted: Jun. 08, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• HCR ManorCare,  Medicare,  nursing home,  whistleblower lawsuit

For the past six years, the Ohio-based nursing home chain HCR ManorCare has been embroiled in a whistleblower lawsuit featuring allegations that the company systematically overbilled Medicare and often put Read More

• posted: Jun. 04, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• Rutgers University,  termination,  UMDNJ

Rutgers University recently merged with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, but as a result it also inherited a pair of ongoing whistleblower claims against that school. Read More

• posted: Jun. 01, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• cover up,  wait time data

Over the past year, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has been a fixture in national news for the controversies surrounding the extremely long wait times veterans have experienced for Read More