Sentences with phrase «of whistleblower cases»

In this video, Miami whistleblower attorney Curtis Miner explains the difference between the two types of whistleblower cases.

«Sens. Claire McCaskill (Mo.) and Ron Wyden (Ore.) asked about the situation in a Tuesday letter to Energy Secretary Rick Perry, citing documents that appear to show that the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) paid more than $ 24 million to the partnership of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for costs from a series of whistleblower cases.»

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.

Not exact matches

Several recent high - profile cases of questionable corporate behaviour that have come to light here, and around the world, have a common element — whistleblowers.

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.

For one, there hasn't been a whistleblower like there was in the case of Cambridge Analytica.

The second article will discuss the SEC's use of administrative proceedings to try enforcement cases, the impact of the Dodd - Frank Act's whistleblower program and guidance for managers on approaching a regulatory exam or investigation.

US District Court — SDNY 07cv09599 Anderson v The State of NY — WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT (other cases have been marked legally «related» to this by Judge Shira A. Scheindlin 07cv11196 Bernstein v Appellate Division First Department Disciplinary Committee 07cv11612 Esposito v The State of NY 08cv00526 Capogrosso v NY State Commission on Judicial Conduct 08cv02391 McKeown v The State of NY 08cv02852 Galison v The State of NY 08cv03305 Carvel v The State of NY 08cv4053 Gizella Weisshaus v The State of NY 08cv4438 Suzanne McCormick v The State of NY 08 cv 6368 John L. Petrec - Tolino v.

A whistleblower has filed a suit accusing her former employer, a late Westchester County pathologist, of evading New York income and estate taxes in what is believed to be the state's first unsealed qui tam estate tax case.

Sometimes it's just a hint of a place to look, in other cases it provides credibility, perhaps to a whistleblower's comment, but the tools are there because of the reporting, and then, in this, the internet age, then you can go deeper and deeper and look for connections.»

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.

Catholic Health has agreed to a large settlement with the U.S. Justice Department in a whistleblower lawsuit over billing practices in such government health programs as Medicare and Medicaid, according to two sources with knowledge of the case.

The Unit is the first line of response to whistleblower information, where the initial review is undertaken before cases are forwarded to the relevant investigative agencies.

In February 2009, for example, a case brought by a whistleblower resulted in AstraZeneca being forced to release more than 100 documents on its psychiatric drug Seroquel, out of view for almost four years.

Portland, Maine About Blog Maine Employee Rights Group represents employees in the following types of cases: Discrimination, harassment, whistleblower retaliation, unpaid wages / overtime, denials of disability - related accommodations, medical leave disputes, denials of benefits, and workers» compensation.

A disparate group of excellent actors including Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Matthew Rhys, Carrie Coon, Alison Brie and David Cross are the supporting cast, and in most cases supporting is all they're really required to do — though Rhys is very compelling in his short amount of screen time as whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg.

The military wrote the Military Whistleblowers Protection Directive because of this case, and the story was broadcast nationally on ABC.

Portland, Maine About Blog Maine Employee Rights Group represents employees in the following types of cases: Discrimination, harassment, whistleblower retaliation, unpaid wages / overtime, denials of disability - related accommodations, medical leave disputes, denials of benefits, and workers» compensation.

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.

In the case of the whistleblower Assange, his abundant character flaws could very well prove to be his own and his organization's undoing (regular folks like their political revolutionaries Nelson Mandela — saintly or not at all).

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.

There's minimal danger even in the case of a whistleblower I'd say.

While using real and fictitious cases as illustrations, it paints the disturbing picture of sly, self - serving business whistleblowers and demonstrates the potential unintended consequences of legislation on leniency.

She thus advises and assists companies at all stages of the dispute and maintains an important activity in employment - related litigation before local courts, including cases alleging discrimination, whistleblower claims and non-compete violations.

Obtained summary judgment and dismissal of high - profile whistleblower and wrongful termination case on behalf of employer.

During his 21 - year legal career, Mr. Goldberg has litigated hundreds of cases in federal and state courts throughout the United States involving claims of retaliation, discrimination, wrongful termination, fraud, defamation, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract, as well as commercial contract disputes, civil RICO, ERISA, trade secrets and restrictive covenants, corporate governance disputes, minority shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, Madoff counseling and defense, advancement and indemnification proceedings, whistleblower actions (SOX and CEPA), executive compensation counseling, litigation, and arbitration, international litigation and arbitration, antitrust litigation and arbitration, products liability litigation, environmental and toxic tort litigation, and securities fraud.

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.

She also notes that since defendants are not required to provide an evidentiary record at this stage, a plaintiff may not have more than the information disclosed in a company's public filings and the hope of finding a whistleblower to put forward its case.

The principles of that decision should also apply in cases where a private company has anti-corruption guidelines and a whistleblower hotline installed.

In this case the EAT held that an employee who raised compliance issues purely out of concern for her own liability did not make a qualifying disclosure, so was not protected as a whistleblower.

Michael Fox of Jottings By An Employer's Lawyer mulls the story of former Wyeth employee Mark Livingston, a potential whistleblower whose case raises questions about the reach of Sarbanes - Oxley protections beyond matters of shareholder concern.

By way of summary, if Mr. Schmidt can prove his case, then I believe he has earned my respect and admiration as a first - class Whistleblower!

The company also found itself at the center of a whistleblower lawsuit last year stemming from a pharmaceutical fraud case in 2007 where it was accused and found to be selling «untested, spurious, and ineffective medication.»

[20] As in the case of the FCA and PRA, the SFO can not provide legal advice and does not offer financial incentives to whistleblowers.

Filing a Federal Rail Safety Act whistleblower retaliation complaint with OSHA within 180 days of a railroad's adverse action is a threshold issue that can derail the best of cases.

Cases involving Medicare fraud, defense contractor fraud and other types of fraud against the federal government and states brought under the False Claims Act and similar state whistleblower laws.

The firm has tried and / or arbitrated cases involving claims for wrongful termination, age discrimination, sex discrimination, disability discrimination, national origin discrimination, racial discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, religious discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour violations, ERISA violations, sexual harassment, breach of contract, trade secret theft, defamation, violation of family leave laws, whistleblower (including Sarbanes - Oxley Act and Dodd - Frank Act) and many other claims.

Obtained a settlement of $ 400,000 from individual management defendants in a whistleblower / breach of contract case; the case is continuing against the corporate defendant.

National Association of Trial Lawyers, «Qui Tam Litigation Update = Record Amount Recovered From Whistleblower Claims in 2012: Identifying Claims, Placing Your Cases, and Protecting Your Clients,» January 2013

The Law Offices of Reisner & King LLP represents employees in all cases involving employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation in violation of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), wrongful discharge, whistleblower violations, unpaid wage and overtime violations, break and rest period violations, California Family Rights Act (CFRA) and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) violations, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault and battery, and other employment - related violations.

Tried one of the first Sarbanes - Oxley whistleblower cases filed in the Boston regional office of the U.S. Department of Labor.

In addition, our employment lawyers also litigate restrictive covenant and trade secret issues, employment contract disputes, employment tort action cases and other statutory causes of action such as claims asserted under the Family and Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act and Whistleblower statutes.

This week, the Maine Employee Rights Group scored a victory for its client in a whistleblower case that we filed against Woodlands Senior Living of...

Spencer has ten years of experience litigating wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower claims, wage and hour disputes, premises liability, vehicle accidents, contract breach, and other labor, employment and commercial cases.

Mr. Moskowitz is a member of the firm Pashman Stein and focuses his employment law practice on disability, discrimination and whistleblower claims, as well as cases involving the Family and Medical Leave Act.

A partner at the firm, Mr. O'Hara has represented plaintiffs and defendants in whistleblower and qui tam cases, and has achieved significant recoveries on behalf of individuals.

We are not a «whistleblower mill» that pays little attention to the needs of its clients or the factual nuances of complex cases.

Ian takes the time to understand what are often complicated fraudulent schemes, and helps his clients navigate the procedural thicket of qui tam cases and claims made under the SEC and CFTC whistleblower programs.

Geoffrey Stover has handled a wide range of employment cases, including those involving whistleblower and trade secret claims.

We were the first to take the defense of an FCA «whistleblower» retaliation case to a jury trial and win.