In Their Own Words — Mattu
Posted 02/5/16
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Whistleblower News From The Inside — February 5, 2016
Posted 02/5/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Wells Fargo to pay $1.2b to settle whistleblower mortgage suit -- Wells Fargo & Co. said it would pay $1.2 billion to settle a long running mortgage-lending whistleblower suit accusing the bank of “reckless origination and underwriting” of government-backed loans. WSJ
Dismissed NHS whistleblower receives £1.22m in damages -- Cardiologist Raj Mattu claimed he had...
Whistleblower News From The Inside — February 4, 2016
Posted 02/4/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
$104 Million UBS Informer Tells Swiss to Back Whistleblowers – Bradley Birkenfeld, the banker awarded $104 million by the U.S. for revealing how he helped UBS Group AG hide assets for rich Americans, has a message for Swiss lawmakers wrangling over the draft of the nation’s first whistleblowing law: “stop living in the past.” Bloomberg
Commonwealth Bank staff...
Newly Released Government Accountability Project White Paper Responds To Security And Exchange Commission Rulings Penalizing Whistleblowers For Delay In Disclosing Corporate Fraud
Posted 02/3/16
By Jessica T. Moore
Seemingly unexplained and arbitrary SEC rulings reducing whistleblower awards due to reporting “delays” have troubled those who work to expose fraud against investors. See The Hill, SEC whistleblowers be warned, don’t delay in reporting fraud. Now, an in-depth study from the Government Accountability Project details why such delays may occur. The goals of the paper, Why...
In Their Own Words — Grassley
Posted 02/3/16
-- “It’s no secret that FBI whistleblowers often face harsh consequences for simply trying to address failures or misconduct at work.”
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) commenting on the introduction of FBI Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act. Read more here.Whistleblower News From The Inside — February 3, 2016
Posted 02/3/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Senators introduce new FBI whistleblower protection bill – Senators Grassley and Leahy introduced the “FBI Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act,” which would expand the group of people can receive disclosures from whistleblowers to include their supervisors. The Washington Post
Research assistants decry McGill University's whistleblowing policy – McGill...
In Their Own Words — Government Accountability Project
Posted 02/2/16
-- "The SEC's whistleblower awards program "neither offers proportional incentives that overcome the risks of disclosure, nor is grounded in the reality whistleblowers face…."
Government Accountability Project, from its just released White Paper -- Why Whistleblowers Wait: Recommendations to Improve the Dodd Frank Law’s SEC Whistleblower Awards Program. Click here for more.Whistleblower News From The Inside — February 2, 2016
Posted 02/2/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Centerra Services International to pay $7.4M to settle whistleblower charges -- According to the government and whistleblower, the company (formerly known as Wackenhut Services) "violated the False Claims Act by double billing and inflating labor costs in connection with a contract for firefighting and fire protection services in Iraq." DOJ
Government Accountability...
Risks of Being Acquired by Non-Hospital Entities
Posted 02/1/16
By Tim McCormack and Molly Knobler (published in Physicians Practice)
Hospitals aren’t the only ones looking to buy up physician practices anymore. Health insurers, private equity firms, and practice management companies are increasingly offering big upfront payments, long-term contracts, lucrative “joint ventures,” and other financial incentives to physician practices.
The compliance risks associated...