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Whistleblower News from the Inside - January 10, 2014

Posted  01/10/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team UNC whistleblower reports on academic failings of university’s top athletes – On the heels of the UNC academic fraud scandal involving inflated grades and phantom courses, a university researcher presents startling findings on the reading level of the school’s big-money “student-athletes.”  CNN Growing bridge scandal puts Christie on defensive – The...

The Constitutionality of the NSA Spying Program – Great Minds Do Not Think Alike

Posted  01/9/14
By Gordon Schnell The battle rages on over the constitutionality of the NSA’s bulk collection of phone data disclosed by Edward Snowden.  It was only a few weeks ago that DC District Court Judge Richard Leon found in Klayman v. Obama a “substantial likelihood” that the challenged phone surveillance program violates the Fourth Amendment.  For Judge Leon, it was not even a close call.  He could not imagine a...

Fighting for the Safety of our Food – Interview with Food & Water Watch’s Tony Corbo

Posted  01/9/14
Whistleblower Insider recently sat down with Tony Corbo, the senior lobbyist for the food campaign by DC-based public interest group Food & Water Watch, to learn more about the food industry and the issues we all face, but likely do not even know about, every time we choose an apple or a bag of cookies at the supermarket. CC Whistleblower:  What is Food & Water Watch? Tony Corbo:  Food & Water Watch is a...

January 8, 2014

Acting New Jersey Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced HIKO Energy, LLC agreed to pay $2.1 million and to significantly revise its business practices to resolve allegations it aggressively solicited consumers with written guarantees and verbal representations about its monthly prices for electric and/or natural gas service which it failed to fulfill, resulting in significant financial losses for New Jersey consumers. NJ

Whistleblower News from the Inside - January 7, 2014

Posted  01/7/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team 80 retired NYC police and firefighters charged with Social Security fraud – In one of the largest Social Security disability frauds ever, authorities uncover a decades-long scheme involving the alleged filing of hundreds of millions of dollars in phony mental disability claims.  NYT Janet Yellen confirmed to head Federal Reserve – Currently Vice Chair of the Fed's board of...

January 5, 2014

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced that Apple Transportation of New York, Inc. will pay $300,000 to settle claims it overbilled Medicaid for transportation services. As part of a settlement agreement, Apple Transportation admitted that between January 1, 2004 and October 30, 2008, it frequently billed Medicaid for ambulette services even though no personal assistance was provided to Medicaid recipients. As a result, Apple was paid by Medicaid for ambulette services at rates that were higher than the applicable livery rates. NY

Whistleblower News from the Inside - January 2, 2014

Posted  01/2/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team NYT calls for clemency for Snowden – ”When someone reveals that government officials have routinely and deliberately broken the law, that person should not face life in prison at the hands of the same government.”  NYT Snapchat hacked, millions of users exposed – Only names and phone numbers were released, but the breach is disturbing since the service is considered very...

Top-10 Public Health Issues of 2013

Posted  12/31/13
By Gordon Schnell As we usher in the New Year with hopeful anticipation of all the positive public health developments that await us in 2014, here is a look-back at 2013 and our Top-10 listing of public health issues in the spotlight. 10. Herbal Supplements.  The herbal supplement trade has grown into a multi-billion dollar business because these alternative remedies offer the promise of treating the old...

Top-10 Whistleblower Developments of 2013

Posted  12/31/13
By Gordon Schnell There has been a great deal of activity this year in the wild world of whistleblowing -- some of it good; some of it bad; much of it still waiting to unfold.  Here is our listing of 2013’s Top-10 whistleblower developments, many of which we surely will be wrestling with in 2014. 10. UK Whistleblowers.  The United Kingdom seems to be moving in the direction of serious whistleblower...

Top-10 Public Health Issues of 2013

Posted  12/31/13
By Gordon Schnell As we usher in the New Year with hopeful anticipation of all the positive public health developments that await us in 2014, here is a look-back at 2013 and our Top-10 listing of public health issues in the spotlight. 10.  Herbal Supplements.  The herbal supplement trade has grown into a multi-billion dollar business because these alternative remedies offer the promise of treating the old...
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