Sentences with phrase «extra-judiciously against the whistleblower»

Meanwhile, the EPA has censored science on government websites and retaliated against whistleblowers, creating an Inquisition - like atmosphere for government scientists.

There were two noteworthy developments Thursday regarding findings by Investigative Post and the Erie County Comptroller about inappropriate actions taken by the Buffalo Urban League, including the submission of inflated bills and retaliation against whistleblowers.

Teachers charged she sanctioned grade - fixing, credit schemes, Regents exam cheating, and retaliated against whistleblowers.

The transgressions of the Buffalo Urban League — submitting inflated bills to Erie County, failing to train employees, retaliating against whistleblowers — is an issue that Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz and fellow Democrats on the County Legislature are wishing would go away.

More importantly, though, there will be no impetus to change what some say is the current system of retaliation against whistleblowers if honest people do nothing.

«Whistleblowers are an invaluable resource for weeding out waste, fraud and abuse - the last thing the government should be doing is paying the legal fees of contractors who've retaliated against whistleblowers,» McCaskill, the top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said in a statement.»

The Lab retaliates against the whistleblower, who then files a claim against The Lab.

I guess in the actual class action suit — and before I get too far ahead of myself, North Country ostensibly deals with the first class action sexual harassment lawsuit brought against a major Union company — a few of the women actually testified against the whistleblower.

The Cooper Union requires Personnel to report to The Cooper Union good - faith concerns about behavior that appears to violate this Code, and under this Code a «Whistleblower» is the individual reporting such activity.The Cooper Union strictly prohibits any harassment, retaliation, or adverse employment consequences against any Whistleblower who, in good faith, reports a violation or suspected violation of this Code, and any person who retaliates against a Whistleblower is subject to appropriate disciplinary and corrective action, up to and including termination of employment in the case of an employee.

The Cooper Union requires Personnel to report to The Cooper Union good - faith concerns about behavior that appears to violate this Code, and under this Code a «Whistleblower» is the individual reporting such activity.The Cooper Union strictly prohibits any harassment, retaliation, or adverse employment consequences against any Whistleblower who, in good faith, reports a violation or suspected violation of this Code, and any person who retaliates against a Whistleblower is subject to appropriate disciplinary and corrective action, up to and including termination of employment in the case of an employee.

If illegal activity is occurring in your workplace, you should be able to voice concern about it without fear of retaliation but, unfortunately, many employers retaliate against whistleblowers.

A company may also be in a position to bring a defamation action against a whistleblower, given that the act of blowing the whistle will typically involve the publication of a statement that causes harm to reputation.

This rule does not address a covered entity's recourse against a whistleblower under other applicable law.

Background Back in December, 2010 Wikileaks was under a payment blockade, wherein US political figures acted extra-judiciously against the whistleblower site by convincing Paypal and VISA, etc to stop processing donations for them.

Not exact matches

The 45 - year - old alleges the company discriminated against him for his age and retaliated against him for acting as a whistleblower.

This is the second DOJ suit against the company in the past several weeks, and both cases center of whistleblower suits lobbed at UnitedHealth under the False Claims Act.

The investment analysis and market index company said its proxy advisory unit, Institutional Shareholder Services, received a Wells Notice on Sept. 14 related to a whistleblower complaint made against an employee of the unit.

American whistleblower Edward Snowden delivers remarks via video link from Moscow to attendees at a discussion regarding an International Treaty on the Right to Privacy, Protection Against Improper Surveillance and Protection of Whistleblowers in Manhattan, New York September 24, 2015

American whistleblower Edward Snowden delivers remarks via video link from Moscow to attendees at a discussion regarding an International Treaty on the Right to Privacy, Protection Against Improper Surveillance and Protection of Whistleblowers in Manhattan, New York September 24, 2015 REUTERS / Andrew Kelly

We should be the whistleblowers against violence, not the drum - beaters for it!

A whistleblower lawsuit he brought against Chartwells has led to a $ 19 million settlement.

«I hope that my lawsuit against Chartwells and the settlement announced today will help improve the food programs for D.C.'s school children, which has always been my goal,» Mills said in a statement issued Friday by Phillips & Cohen, a District - based law firm that filed Mills's whistleblower lawsuit in 2013.

Actually, under this new act, which is being referred to as FERA, the AG, a local government, or a whistleblower to bring a lawsuit against any party who makes or uses a false or fraudulent claim, record or statement to obtain government funds.

The bill, which is in recognition of Article 33 of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption encourages state parties, seeks to develop legal frameworks for whistle - blowing and the protection of whistleblowers.

They alleged that the EFCC sold out in the processes leading to the recovery of the said amount, stating that the development would discourage genuine whistleblowers in the fight against corruption by the present administration.

The whistleblower in an alleged conspiracy to block low - income and minority kids from enrolling in a popular Riverdale, Bronx, elementary school has filed suit against a politician — Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz — who he claims targeted him for coming forward.

The chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, Prof. Itse Sagay on Friday stated that a whistleblower can get as low as one per...

Just two Lib Dems voted against the motion at the party's spring conference in York that would also establish a commission of experts to review all the evidence highlighted in the National Security Agency files leaked by the whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Cuomo, who is positioning himself for a potential 2020 presidential run, wants to prohibit taxpayer funds being used to settle harassment allegations against individuals, bar secrecy of such settlements, create a uniform sexual harassment policy for all parts of state and local government and create an anonymous whistleblower tip line for individuals to report misconduct.

Calls on the Commission, by the end of 2013, to submit a legislative proposal establishing an effective and comprehensive European whistleblower protection programme in the public and in the private sector to protect those who detect inefficient management and irregularities and report cases of national and cross-border corruption relating to EU financial interests and to protect witnesses, informers, and those who cooperate with the courts, and in particular witnesses testifying against mafia - type and other criminal organisations, with a view to resolving the difficult conditions under which they have to live (from risks of retaliation to the breakdown of family ties or from being uprooted from their home territory to social and professional exclusion); calls also on the Member States to put in place appropriate and effective protection for whistleblowers.

He said surveillance should be targeted against individuals or groups, not against «the whole nation» as recent operations exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden were.

Morales this week officially filed a long - planned lawsuit against City Hall, and it bolsters what, from the start, we've contended is a pretty good case that he was axed as a warning to other whistleblowers.

Harvey Weinstein whistleblower Rose McGowan had a few days ago slammed actors like Meryl Streep who plan to wear black at the Golden Globes as a symbol of a silent protest against sexual harassment in Hollywood.

Harvey Weinstein whistleblower Rose McGowan has slammed actors like Meryl Streep who plan to wear black at the Golden Globes as a symbol of protest against sexual harassment in Hollywood.

Jan 15, 2015 — reports reveal Mr Cantley has taken legal action against the school, claiming he is a whistleblower

«When a whistleblower says something, they know that they're likely to be retaliated against,» she told HuffPost.

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The first time he got on my radar was when Marc Morano's Climate Depot «s linked to an article on climategate.com by O'Sullivan, saying that he and climategate.com were working with fraud lawyer Joel Hesch and ex-CIA agent Kent Clizbe (both in Virginia, if I remember correctly) to find scientists to turn whistleblower against Prof. Mann.

He then became a whistleblower and joined with LabMD's former CEO in a qui tam suit against Tiversa.

The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal against a decision that whistleblower protection did not...

Obtained favorable settlement for trauma surgeon in whistleblower and defamation trial against Louisiana State University.

In a 4 - 3 decision, the court ruled that the Georgia Community Support and Solutions Inc. lawsuit against Shirley Berryhill can proceed and that her e-mails criticizing the organization are not protected by Georgia's anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) statute, which is intended to shield whistleblowers and people who speak up at public forums.against Shirley Berryhill can proceed and that her e-mails criticizing the organization are not protected by Georgia's anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) statute, which is intended to shield whistleblowers and people who speak up at public forums.Against Public Participation) statute, which is intended to shield whistleblowers and people who speak up at public forums.»

Former Visium Asset Management LP trader, Jason Thorell's cooperation with the SEC Whistleblower Program and other US federal agencies has supported insider trading and fraud and conspiracy proceedings brought by the SEC against former Visium hedge fund managers and a government employee at the FDA.

In looking at the latter organization's site, I became aware of its excellent blog, the Whistleblower Protection Blog, which has much more detail on its bullet - lead investigation and the FOIA cases it brought against the FBI, as well as useful posts on legal issues relating to whisteblowers.

Whistleblowers on fraud against the United States government are eligible for certain financial benefits for revealing evidence to the courts.

Whistleblowers are actually doing their part to keep the public safe from anything illegal or dangerous, which is why these laws are in place to protect those brave enough to come forward against workplace retaliation.

Justin also litigates high profile employment disputes, successfully defending corporate clients against wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliatory discharge and whistleblower claims.

For example, the Illinois Whistleblower Act now prohibits an employer from not only retaliating, but also threatening to retaliate against an employee if the act or omission threatened would constitute retaliation under the Act.5

A qui tam claim is one form of a whistleblower case where a lawsuit is filed by a private citizen on behalf of the state or federal government against a person or business that is allegedly defrauding an arm of the state or federal government.