• posted: Oct. 19, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• absolute privilege,  allegations of defamation,  liability

The Texas Supreme Court recently reversed a ruling in a 2013 Texas Court of Appeals case involving Robert Writt and the Shell Oil Company. In 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice Read More

• posted: Oct. 15, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• appellate judges,  privacy of documents,  theft charges

The New Jersey Supreme Court recently ruled, in a 6-1 decision, that an employee of the North Bergen School Board may be indicted for taking documents from the district, even Read More

• posted: Oct. 12, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• illegal termination,  serious retaliations,  sworn affidavit

A former official from the Department of Veterans Affairs in Phoenix recently signed a sworn affidavit in which she testifies about some serious retaliations made against a whistleblower at the Read More

• posted: Oct. 08, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• complaint procedures,  harassing managers,  sexually harassment,  whistleblower lawyers

In a potentially significant case, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the prior decision in EEOC v. New Breed Logistics that in a retaliation claim, requests made to a Read More

• posted: Oct. 05, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• allegations of fraud,  false allegations,  twitter,  Veterans Administration

Veterans Administration locations across the country have been the subject of a great deal of scrutiny over the past year and half. A recent report reveals a manager at the Read More

• posted: Oct. 01, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• abuse of authority,  gross mismanagement,  whistleblower protection statutes

July 2015 marked the second anniversary of when the whistleblower protection statutes of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) went into effect. The law has provided a number of Read More

• posted: Sep. 28, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• consistency in ton,  strong whistleblower program,  support network,  support system

Are you interested in developing a strong whistleblower program for your business? If so, there are some key elements you’ll want to include to make sure it is both effective Read More

• posted: Sep. 24, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• liability for incidents,  minimum salary,  salaried-exempt positions,  white collar workers

A recent proposal from the U.S. Department of Labor would double the minimum salary for the overtime exemption for white collar workers, but would still keep the same complicated duties Read More

• posted: Sep. 21, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• hospitality,  white collar positions

The U.S. Department of Labor recently proposed some revisions to the overtime exemptions in the Fair Labor Standards Act. These revisions could have a significant impact on employees in all Read More

• posted: Sep. 17, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• appellate court,  whistleblower attorney

Employers can have a hard time knowing how to handle an internal investigation or disciplining an employee while that employee is taking time off under the Family and Medical Leave Read More

• posted: Sep. 14, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• complex fraud case,  exposing wrongdoing,  financial rewards,  fraudulent scheme

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced that it paid a whistleblower an award of more than $3 million for providing information that enabled the agency to crack Read More

• posted: Sep. 10, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• financial crime,  financial industry,  report wrongdoing

The story of how the biggest banks on Wall Street, like JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and others, pled guilty to a number of international financial crimes is well known. What Read More

• posted: Sep. 07, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• alleged illegal charges,  fraudulent charges

Whistleblower Nicholas Wilson has alleged that HSBC, Great Britain’s largest bank, has committed fraud totaling in £1 billion throughout the last three decades. He also claims that despite his allegations Read More

• posted: Sep. 03, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• off-label marketing

On June 19, the whistleblower in a False Claims Act suit argued that the court should take action to secure documents that demonstrate Abbott Laboratories encouraged off-label marketing and doctor Read More

• posted: Aug. 31, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• gas exploration,  oil and gas,  Outer Continental Shelf,  report violations

Several lawmakers in Congress are proposing a bill to expand whistleblower protections for those in the oil industry working on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). These workers are playing key Read More

• posted: Aug. 27, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• filing a report,  unsafe guardrails

A Texas federal judge issued a $663 million verdict against Trinity Industries Inc. following a jury’s decision that the company was guilty of committing fraud against the U.S. government by Read More