• posted: Jul. 28, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• disclosure of information,  internal investigations

Supposing is good, but finding out is better. ― Mark Twain Many of the privileges the law recognizes against the compelled disclosure of information exist in order to promote candor. For Read More

• posted: Jul. 24, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• Department of Homeland Security,  DHS,  supreme court rulings,  TSA,  whistleblowers

The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) plays a crucial role in our national safety infrastructure. Yet the agency has been subjected to significant criticism — and even been the butt of Read More

• posted: Jul. 21, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• OSHA whistleblower protection program,  Texas employment lawyer,  OSHA

Otto von Bismarck once said, “Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.” Fortunately, the government that makes the laws does want to see the Read More

• posted: Jul. 17, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• Texas Civil Medicaid Fraud Division,  texas medicaid fraud

Operated jointly by federal and state agencies, Medicaid is one of the largest and most complex governmental undertakings in the United States. Not surprisingly, it also provides a breeding ground Read More

• posted: Jul. 14, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• Texas Whistleblower Act,  Texas employment lawyer,  Department of Veterans Affairs

The nation was recently stunned by the revelation that Department of Veterans Affairs administrators were manipulating dates on records to conceal the unreasonable wait times veterans seeking medical care were Read More

• posted: Jul. 10, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• IRS whistleblower report for 2013

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” In the more than two centuries since Benjamin Franklin expressed those words, taxes have become perhaps Read More

• posted: Jul. 07, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• Affordable Care Act

A great deal of controversy and media attention has certainly surrounded the Affordable Care Act (ACA), both before and after its passage. However, little if any of that attention concerned Read More

• posted: Jul. 03, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• SOX

The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.” Following a rash of financial calamities largely caused by risky and illegal Read More

• posted: Jun. 30, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• Whistleblower Protection Act,  OSHA whistleblower protection program,  Texas employment lawyer

Winston Churchill once said, “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” Whistleblowers take it upon themselves Read More

• posted: Jun. 26, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• Department of Veterans Affairs

The Department of Veterans Affairs has been assaulted from all sides in light of recent revelations regarding the quality of care and administration cover-ups. With the alleged misconduct so pervasive, Read More

• posted: Jun. 23, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• ethical challenges for lawyers

Deciding to report internal misconduct can be difficult for any employee or officer of an organization. For members of the legal profession, however, the decision can easily conflict with their Read More

• 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. 09, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• Wall Street fraud,  whistleblower protections

John F. Kennedy once quoted Dante: “The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.” Unfortunately, on Wall Street, maintaining 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