In Their Own Words — McDonald
Posted 01/20/16
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Whistleblower News From The Inside — January 20, 2016
Posted 01/20/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Sharp rise in number of students seeking loan forgiveness -- Thousands of students have applied for over $160 million in loan forgiveness from the U.S., claiming their schools defrauded them with false promises of future careers. Wall Street Journal
Office of Special Counsel reports huge increase in federal whistleblowers -- The surge in whistleblower tips appears to be...
In Their Own Words — Kompass
Posted 01/19/16
-- “It is important for other staff to see that I was vindicated. . . . [O]therwise the message was: ‘If you try to do something similar to what Anders has done these will be the consequences.’”
Anders Kompass, the United Nations director of field operations for the office of the high commissioner for human rights, on being cleared of wrongdoing in connection with his disclosing confidential documents...Whistleblower News From The Inside — January 19, 2015
Posted 01/19/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
UN whistleblower who exposed sexual abuse by peacekeepers is exonerated -- "Anders Kompass, the director of field operations for the office of the high commissioner for human rights in Geneva, was suspended and faced dismissal after he passed confidential documents detailing the abuse of children by French troops in [Central African Republic] to the authorities in Paris because...
DOJ Catch Of The Week -- Kindred Healthcare
Posted 01/15/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to Kentucky-based healthcare provider Kindred Healthcare, Inc. On Tuesday, the company and its two RehabCare Group subsidiaries agreed to pay $125 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act by knowingly causing skilled nursing facilities to submit false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation...
In Their Own Words — Stepanov
Posted 01/15/16
-- "There is no anti-doping movement in athletics, in Russia it is the completely opposite it is a doping movement and everyone around you says that is the only way to succeed, if you dope and you lie about it.”
Russian doping whistleblower Vitaly Stepanov. Click here for more. Click here to vote for Yuliya and Vitaly Stepanov for Whistleblower of the Year.Whistleblower News From The Inside — January 15, 2016
Posted 01/15/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
SEC awards whistleblower more than $700,000 for detailed analysis -- The SEC today announced a whistleblower award of more than $700,000 to a company outsider who conducted a detailed analysis that led to a successful SEC enforcement action. SEC
WADA knew about Russian doping for years -- Whistleblower says the World Anti-Doping Agency was aware of systematic doping in...
In Their Own Words — N.C. Workplace Plaintiffs
Posted 01/14/16
--“IT PLACES THE SAFETY OF OUR FAMILIES, OUR FOOD SUPPLY, AND ANIMALS AT RISK, AND IT ATTEMPTS TO BULLY AND THREATEN THOSE WORKING FOR TRANSPARENCY, FREE SPEECH, AND THE PUBLIC GOOD.”
Joint statement of the Government Accountability Project, PETA, the Center for Food Safety, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Farm Sanctuary, and Food & Water Watch, announcing the filing of a federal lawsuit challenging North...Whistleblower News From The Inside — January 14, 2016
Posted 01/14/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Animal welfare, whistleblower groups sue over North Caroline workplace bill — A coalition of national interest groups including Government Accountability Project, PETA, Center for Food Safety, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Farm Sanctuary, and Food & Water Watch, sued in federal court in North Carolina on Wednesday to strike down a new law that allows employers to sue...
In Their Own Words — Olympus Official
Posted 01/13/16