• posted: Mar. 25, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• Dodd-Frank Act,  employer retaliation

From the recent reports of retaliatory acts against whistleblowers, some wonder if the protections under the Dodd-Frank Act proscribing retribution against tipsters are known to companies and government offices. Regardless Read More

• posted: Mar. 21, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• bed bugs,  retirement home

A federal court ordered S.E.M. Villa II Inc., a nonprofit corporation that operates a retirement home in Milford, Ohio, to pay a former manager $20,000 in back pay. The former Read More

• posted: Mar. 18, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• ponzi schemes

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a $14 million award to a whistleblower whose tip led to an enforcement action. The whistleblower, who remains anonymous, gave original information to Read More

• posted: Mar. 11, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• whistleblower procedure

It is highly recommended for companies and organizations to implement a strong internal whistleblower policy. The primary reasons for a corporate whistleblower system are to protect the company and its Read More

• posted: Mar. 07, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• financial fraud,  FIRREA

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. - Thomas Jefferson Edward O'Donnell, a former executive at Countrywide Financial, Inc., may collect up to $1.6 million under an almost forgotten Read More

• posted: Mar. 04, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• environmental protection agency,  EPA,  Inspector General Act,  OIG

The Office of Inspector General is an independent office within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that assists the agency in accomplishing its goals more efficiently.  OIG conducts audits, investigations Read More

• posted: Feb. 28, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• Espionage Act

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth;not going all the way, and not starting. - Buddha  Gregory Hicks bravely testified before Congress about the 9/11 attacks Read More

• posted: Feb. 25, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• Edward Snowden,  german whistleblower prize,  internet surveillance

The Federation of German Scientists (VDW), the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) and Transparency International bestowed the German Whistleblower Prize upon Edward Snowden, the former National Security Read More

• posted: Feb. 21, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• IRS whistleblower program

Except for the booming payout of $104 million to UBS whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld, most of the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Program's claims have not elicited any rewards. Read More

• posted: Jan. 22, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• employee rights,  labor and employment

By taking a look at the Unified Regulatory Agenda for Fall 2014, one can see that there are various plans for OSHA and other federal agencies to institute some new Read More

• posted: Oct. 24, 2013
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• SEC whistleblower program,  whistleblower awards

Stephen Cohen, associate director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower, spent the early part of the summer blowing his commission's whistle and promising big Read More

• posted: Oct. 21, 2013
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• National Defense Authorization Act

The 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), effective July 1, 2013, now offers employees of subcontractors with defense contracts the protection of the federal whistleblowing laws. Before the new law, Read More

• posted: Oct. 17, 2013
• Martindale Admin
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Ireland's minister for public expenditure and reform, Brendan Howlin, recently published the Protected Disclosures Bill, 2013, described as an important measure in the battle against corruption. Howlin said that lawmakers Read More

• posted: Oct. 14, 2013
• Martindale Admin
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Whistleblowing is prevalent in the news. Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning captured our attention. As more claims emerge from workplaces, additional whistleblowing lawsuits are challenging the courts to define and Read More

• posted: Oct. 10, 2013
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• qui tam

In early July 2013, Baxano Surgical Inc., formerly known as TranS1 Inc., agreed to pay $6 million to settle charges that it encouraged doctors to overcharge Medicare and other federal Read More

• posted: Oct. 07, 2013
• Martindale Admin
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Malta's Parliament approved the country's long-awaited Whistleblower Act. Effective September 15, 2013, the act provides varying programs of protection for individuals blowing the whistle on corrupt practices. The passage of Read More