LinkedIn Pays Nearly $6 Million After US Labor Department Investigation
- posted: Aug. 28, 2014
- Employee Rights
After being investigated by the US Labor Department for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, LinkedIn has been forced to pay out nearly $6 million in damages and unpaid Read More
Are More SEC Protections on the Way for Whistleblowers?
- posted: Aug. 25, 2014
- Employee Rights
A pro-whistleblower coalition comprising organizations including the Government Accountability Project, the Project on Government Oversight and more is in the news for pressuring the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to Read More
Whistleblower Receives More Than $17 Million in Omnicare Case
- posted: Aug. 21, 2014
- Employee Rights
A decision has been made in the case against Omnicare, Inc. that will net a former Omnicare pharmacist more than $17.2 million in the ensuing settlement. The settlement with the Department Read More
SCOTUS Affirms Right to Blow Your Whistle in Public Sector
- posted: Aug. 18, 2014
- Employee Rights
If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not Read More
A Brief History of the False Claims Act
- posted: Aug. 14, 2014
- Employee Rights
Worse than traitors in arms are men who pretend loyalty to the flag, feast and fatten on the misfortunes of the nation while patriotic blood is crimsoning the plains of Read More
Supreme Court to Take Up Kellogg Brown & Root Whistleblower Case
- posted: Aug. 11, 2014
- Employee Rights
It’s impossible to understate the importance of strict adherence to procedure when initiating a qui tam action under the False Claims Act. Unfortunately under our legal system, otherwise meritorious claims Read More
Illinois Municipality Concludes Probe on Hostile Work Environment
- posted: Aug. 07, 2014
- Employee Rights
Blowing the whistle does not always need to involve fraud and malfeasance. Sometimes a culture of apathy allows a hostile work environment to develop that can only be addressed with Read More
Public Sector Secrecy Rules Could Violate Federal Whistleblower Laws
- posted: Aug. 04, 2014
- Employee Rights
Whistleblower laws are intended to discourage corruption by granting legal protection and sometimes even financial incentives to employees who report corruption and other violations. However, these laws can sometimes be Read More