• posted: Jun. 19, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• whistleblower procedure,  Texas employment lawyer

If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around to hear, does it make a sound? The answer to this quantum theory question depends on the interpretation of Read More

• posted: Jun. 16, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• limitations to whistleblower program,  whistleblower protection

Although it has been nearly four years since the passage of the massive Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, changes to the Act and the myriad of regulations Read More

• posted: Jun. 12, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• hours of service regulations,  OSHA,  workplace retaliation

Hours of service (HOS) regulations are intended to prevent truck drivers from driving while they are dangerously tired. Other Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rules require sick leave for Read More

• posted: Jun. 04, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• expanded whistleblower protections,  Texas employment lawyer

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) began the whistleblower program on July 21, 2010 to incentivize people to come forward with information about financial wrongdoing. Under the program, a whistleblower Read More

• posted: May 09, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• tax fraud

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful. Victor Hugo   We know who the first responders are. When a student opened fire at a Nevada middle school on Monday morning, Read More

• posted: May 06, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• academic fraud,  NCAA compliance

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both. Ralph Waldo Emerson Mike McQueary was living his dream. A Pennsylvania State College kid who quarterbacked the Penn Read More

• posted: May 02, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• railroad commission

Frederick Wright recently sued the Texas Railroad Commission for terminating his employment in violation of state whistleblower laws. If the suit is not settled, it could attract considerable attention in Read More

• posted: Apr. 29, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• federal laws,  whistleblower laws

By now, you have probably heard about the False Claims Act, the Dodd-Frank Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Depending on your field, you may be aware of the Read More

• posted: Apr. 15, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• Ag-gag Law,  agricultural animal abuse

On February 8, 2013, Amy Meyer went to the Dale Smith Meatpacking Company in Draper City, Utah to see where her meat comes from. She peeked through the barbed wire Read More

• posted: Apr. 04, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• False Claims Act,  employer retaliation

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. Harry S. Truman  The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled in Read More

• posted: Mar. 28, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• confidential data,  SOX complaint

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it. Franz Kafka  The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, in Vannoy v. Celanese Corporation, recently ruled in favor of a whistleblower who Read More

• 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. 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