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New Special Counsel Will Increase Efficiency of Whistleblower Retaliation Cases

Under federal law, it is illegal for agencies or offices to take any sort of action against an employee who reports wrongdoing or safety concerns. Of course, retaliation still unfortunately Read More

Whistleblower Claims Medicaid Managed Firm Repeatedly and Improperly Denied Care

This fall, an executive at SynerMed, one of the largest physician-practice management firms in the nation, provided a report to her bosses that detailed how the company had improperly denied Read More

Whistleblower Reveals Healthcare Fraud Scheme in Twin Cities

Information a whistleblower provided recently led to federal prosecutors bringing a fraud case against a dermatology chain in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. According to an announcement by the U.S. Attorney’s Read More

Supreme Court to Hear Case Involving Whistleblower Retaliation

The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will take up a case that could determine if corporate whistleblowers have the same protections against retaliation when they report their concerns about misconduct Read More

SEC Awards More than $16 Million to Pair of Whistleblowers

On November 30, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower announced a new award of more than $16 million paid to two whistleblowers. Each received an Read More

Google Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Issue of Equal Pay

Google is the most recent of a series of large companies to face class action lawsuits from women who allege they do not receive equal pay. This lawsuit comes at Read More

Morgan Stanley Hit with $13 Million Penalty for Failure to Supervise Salespeople

According to a recent announcement, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has penalized Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC approximately $13 million for failure to supervise its salespeople’s short-term trades of Read More

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