Whistleblower News From The Inside — May 26, 2015

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By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

 Whistleblowers find SEC rewards slow and scarce — “The SEC offers financial rewards for information on wrongdoing.  But many tipsters have found it tough to collect.”  WSJ

Supreme Court rules in favor of KBR and Halliburton and tightens time limits for filing whistleblower actions.  Bloomberg

The disheartening truth of a UN whistleblower — “For those of us who still believe the UN with all its profound defects, remains the last best hope for humankind, this is a real body blow, beyond disheartening.”  Globe and Mail

Mississippi hospital whistleblower getting $3.5M award — Ryan Ladner, who worked for Allegiance Health Management, prompted the string of settlements where 18 hospitals in seven states have agreed to pay $20.4M over allegations they billed Medicare for psychiatric services not “medically reasonable or necessary.”  Clarion-Ledger

PharMerica whistleblower describes ordeal — “Was it easy? No. Was it life changing?  Yes.  Did it work out in the end?  Yes.  But it was a really rough six years.”  Journal Sentinel

Turkish Twitter whistleblower claims more detainees in government investigation of cheating scandal — A government whistleblower who tweets under the pseudonym Fuat Avni claims the government is planning a new wave of operations in the ongoing alleged cheating scandal involving the standardized KPSS exam used to determine eligibility for employment in public institutions.  Today’s Zaman