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Whistleblower News From The Inside — December 22, 2015

Posted  December 22, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

University Furnishings agrees to pay $15M to settle whistleblower charges of avoiding customs duties — The Texas-based seller of furniture for student housing allegedly misclassified wooden bedroom furniture on documents presented to US Customs and Border Protection to avoid paying antidumping duties on imports from China.  DOJ

Southwest Airlines to pay $2.8M to settle safety allegations — The bulk of the alleged violations relate to maintenance on 44 jets and a failure by Southwest contractor Aviation Technical Services to repair fuselage panels correctly or secure planes properly during maintenance.  Seattle Times

Louisiana environmental whistleblower awarded $750K — Dan Collins lost his state contract with the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources as a land research consultant after reporting his concerns that a state-funded dredging project violated environmental laws.  Insurance Journal

The results are in for the 2015 WSJ Risk & Compliance Journal annual poll — Find out who readers picked for most feared regulator, top compliance crisis of the year and more.  WSJ

Whistleblower sues Cleveland’s MetroHealth hospital claiming retaliation — Simpson Huggins, the hospital’s director of Internal Audits, alleges MetroHealth placed him on unpaid administrative leave moments after he accused higher-ups of taking free Botox injections and international vacations on the taxpayers’ dime.  ABC

Court reinstates whistleblower case against Wisconsin Justice Department — Former agent Dan Bethards was fired after alleging the agent commanding his field office was selling firearms without a federal license.  Twin Cities