Whistleblower Insider Blog
Whistleblower Insider is written by the Constantine Cannon law firm team of experienced qui tam and whistleblower lawyers. It is updated regularly to provide the latest whistleblower and fraud news and developments.
Whistleblower News From The Inside — May 6, 2015
Posted 05/6/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Judge orders UN to lift suspension of whistleblower who leaked sexual abuse report -- Anders Kompass, the director of field operations for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, disclosed to French prosecutors an internal UN report on the alleged sexual abuse of children by French troops in Central African Republic. Guardian
Los Angeles sues Wells Fargo over...
Whistleblower News From The Inside — May 5, 2015
Posted 05/5/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
New York Senate leader and son arrested on corruption charges -- The 43-page complaint accuses Republican Senator Dean Skelos of taking official actions to benefit a small Arizona environmental company, AbTech Industries, and a large New York developer, Glenwood Management, as long as the companies paid his son. NYT
DaVita to pay $495M to settle Atlanta whistleblower case --...
Monthly Roundup – April 2015
Posted 05/4/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Here is our look-back at the key whistleblower and fraud developments we have written about over the past month:
FEATURED POSTS AND COMMENTARY
This month's featured posts and commentary included: SEC Announces First Award to Whistleblower in Retaliation Case (here); Whistleblower Spotlight -- Halliburton Whistleblower Tony Menendez (here); SEC Awards Compliance Officer...
In Their Own Words – Dormino
Posted 05/4/15
-- “THEY HAVE LOST THEIR FREEDOM FOR THE TRUTH, SO THEY REMIND US HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO KNOW THE TRUTH."
Italian sculptor Davide Dormino in connection with his piece titled "Anything to Say?" which he placed in Berlin's Alexanderplatz and contains life-sized statues of the three whistleblowers -- former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and former US soldier Chelsea Manning convicted...In Their Own Words – Birkenfeld
Posted 05/1/15
-- "I'm a hammer looking for nails…a chainsaw looking for trees. The worst person they could ever piss off? Me. Because I'm relentless and I'm resourceful and I will get the job done."
Bradley Birkenfeld, UBS whistleblower, who says the U.S. government is still enabling the wealthy and powerful Americans who hid their fortunes in Switzerland.” Click here for more.Whistleblower News From The Inside — May 1, 2015
Posted 05/1/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Vermont False Claims Act to become law -- The House voted yes to a Senate version of Vermont’s False Claims Act which mirrors the federal FCA and offers whistleblowers rewards for blowing the whistle on fraud. VT Digger
Express Scripts unit to pay $45 million over Novartis kickback scheme -- A unit of pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Holding Co will pay $45 million...
SEC Chair Gives Big Shout Out for Whistleblowers
Posted 05/1/15
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By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Yesterday, SEC Chair Mary Jo White spoke at Northwestern University Law School on the invaluable role of the corporate whistleblower and the still burgeoning SEC whistleblower program that she describes as a "game changer" for government enforcement. Here is her summary of the program's many...
In Their Own Words -- McKessy
Posted 04/30/15
-- The SEC will protect whistleblowers “against retaliatory conduct and make significant financial awards to whistleblowers who suffer employment hardships as a result of reporting possible securities law violations.”
Sean McKessy, Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower, in a statement regarding the SEC’s first award to a whistleblower for retaliation. Click here for more.SEC Announces First Award to Whistleblower in Retaliation Case
Posted 04/30/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
The SEC awarded $600,000 to a whistleblower who suffered "unique hardships, including retaliation" as a result of blowing the whistle on misconduct at hedge fund advisory firm Paradigm Capital Management. The award is the maximum the SEC pays to whistleblowers – 30 percent of the amount the SEC recovers – and represents the first time the SEC has made an award to a...