• posted: Apr. 16, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• confidentiality agreements,  employment contracts

A February 25 article in the Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will begin investigating the kinds of agreements that certain companies make with Read More

• posted: Apr. 13, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• Final Rule,  U.S. Department of Labor

On March 5, the U.S. Department of Labor gave its Final Rule in a case dealing with the types of procedures that govern the handling of retaliation complaints under the Read More

• posted: Apr. 09, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• FMLA leave,  hostile work environment

There’s an interesting story that’s been in the news recently regarding what the limitations are for employers when their employees go on FMLA leave. The Family and Medical Leave Act Read More

• posted: Apr. 06, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• claim,  Southwest Airlines

A Southwest Airlines employee claims that he was retaliated against for uncovering and reporting two cracks while investigating the fuselage of a Boeing 737-700 during his regular maintenance checks. Now, Read More

• posted: Apr. 02, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• criminal conduct,  whistleblower claim

A number of employees in the Wakulla County Sherriff’s Office in Florida want Florida Governor Rick Scott to the county’s sheriff, Charlie Creel, on allegations of misconduct. Five whistleblowers came Read More

• posted: Mar. 27, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• whistleblower award program

A recent article from the Wall Street Journal indicates that the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) began a formal inquiry into whether corporations are setting up their confidentiality agreements in Read More

• posted: Mar. 26, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• federal whistleblower suit,  harassment,  wrongful retaliation

The state Department of Health and Human Services in Maine will pay $142,500 to a former employee as a part of a settlement for a federal whistleblower suit. That employee is Read More

• posted: Mar. 23, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• whistleblower protection programs,  whistleblower claims

According to the 2016 Fiscal Year budget proposals in the Department of Labor, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has requested an additional $39 million of funding for next Read More

• posted: Mar. 19, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• penalty,  violations

The United States Department of Justice recently announced that ev3 Inc., a company that recently acquired Fox Hollow Technologies, agreed to pay a $1.25 million penalty to settle accusations that Read More

• posted: Mar. 16, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• overbilling,  whistleblower claims

Major whistleblower claims have been occurring in a wide variety of industries lately. One of the industries in which fraud is most prevalent is the health care industry, and this Read More

• posted: Mar. 12, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• Arizona Corporation Commission

One employee of the Arizona Corporation Commission claims to have uncovered wrongdoing within the agency, and that he was offered a promotion to keep silent about it. But now various Read More

• posted: Mar. 09, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• email,  National Labor Relations,  protected communications

A recent decision made by the National Labor Relations Board ruled that the board will presume that any employees that have access to their employer’s email system during their work Read More

• posted: Mar. 05, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• victims of retaliation

When whistleblowers intend to remain in their company after alerting authorities to wrongdoing, it is imperative that they are able to maintain their privacy so that they would not be Read More

• posted: Mar. 02, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• federal whistleblower protections,  whistleblower protection programs

On January 21, 2015, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling determining that federal workers that violate agency regulations are still covered by federal whistleblower protections. The case was Read More

• posted: Feb. 26, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• defamation

The state of California jumped aboard a whistleblower lawsuit in progress against BP Plc, alleging that BP had overcharged the state by up to approximately $300 million for nearly a Read More

• posted: Feb. 23, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• wrongful termination lawsuit

Former senator Joe Dunn has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the State Bar of California, claiming that the organization fired him from his position as Executive Director after he Read More