Whistleblower News From The Inside — January 21, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Colorado pays prison whistleblower $280,000 ‒ Maureen O’Keefe, a former top statistician who filed a whistleblower complaint accusing Colorado prison officials of skewing figures about mentally ill and violent convicts, will receive more than $280,000. The Denver Post

Whistleblower cleared in Central African Republic sex abuse case – The United Nations’ internal justice system cleared Anders Kompass, a whistleblower who leaked information to French authorities in 2014 about a U.N. investigation into accusations French soldiers sexually abused children they were sent to protect. The Philadelphia Tribune

Balfour Beatty whistleblower wins big payout after revealing fraud deal ‒ The UK’s largest construction contractor, Balfour Beatty, paid out a six figure sum to whistleblower Nigel McArthur, who accused the firm of ripping off taxpayers in a multi-million pound deal with the Welsh government. Exmouth Journal

First whistleblowers rewarded by EU Court ‒ Corporations that blow the whistle on anticompetitive practices aren’t necessarily entitled to full immunity if they’re not the first to cry foul, the European Court of Justice ruled Wednesday. Courthouse News Service

Wisconsin Senate passes civil service program overhaul lacking proposed whistleblower protections – The state Senate joined the Assembly in passing a bill Wednesday replacing the state’s civil service system with procedures akin to the private sector after Republicans killed Democratic efforts provide whistleblower protections for public employees. The Cap Times

Assange to answer Sweden’s questions ‘in days’ – Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has been living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for over three years, will finally answer a Swedish prosecutor’s questions about a six-year-old rape allegation, Ecuador’s president Rafael Correa said. RT