A Legally-Compliant Practice: Necessary but Insufficient for Good Medicine?
Posted 11/16/15
By Tim McCormack and Molly Knobler (published on SCCE’s Compliance and Ethics blog)
Front page headlines denouncing “bad medicine” typically only hit when a physician is indicted for fraud or a major provider settles a multi-million dollar case for unnecessary services or defective goods. But two recent reports indicate that being in compliance with the law may be insufficient for truly “good...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
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Whistleblowing works. Especially when there’s video.
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By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
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By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Whistleblower video reveals grisly practices at pork factory -- Months worth of footage taken by an undercover contractor with animal welfare group Compassion Over Killing have raised serious concerns about the conditions at Quality Pork Processors, a supplier for Hormel Foods and one of the largest pork processors in the U.S. 
By Tim McCormack and Molly Knobler (published on the 
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Russian doping whistleblower points at Kenya and Ethiopia – The whistleblower who came forward with allegations of a state sponsored doping program in Russian athletics thinks the World Anti-Doping Agency should examine other countries for similar practices.