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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 - March 11, 2015

Posted  03/11/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team North Carolina fines Duke Energy a record $25M over coal ash contamination -- The Duke Energy power plant site has a pair of unlined dumps estimated to hold 2.6 million tons of coal ash which contains arsenic, mercury, lead and other toxic metals which state environmental officials found contaminated local groundwater.  RT Fish and Wildlife whistleblower raises serious questions...

In Their Own Words - Penman

Posted  03/10/15

-- "Retaliation is perhaps the one compliance violation most likely to do irreparable damage to a company's culture and employee morale....It stifles transparency, erodes trust in leadership, eliminates future reports and, at its worst, it drives the disenfranchised employee outside the organization and into the arms of regulators."

Carrie Penman, chief compliance officer and senior vice president NAVEX Global, on...

Whistleblower News From The Inside - March 10, 2015

Posted  03/10/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Survey shows increase in proof of whistleblower retaliation – “Companies are substantiating more cases of whistleblower retaliation as the SEC has turned up the heat.”  WSJ Recovery Home Care to pay $1.1M to settle whistleblower charges of illegal kickbacks -- The settlement resolves allegations the Florida-based home healthcare company violated the False Claims Act by...

In Their Own Words - Richards

Posted  03/8/15

-- "I don’t think this is because women are inherently more ‘moral’ than men. [Instead, it shows] that gender diversity is a good proxy for more general cognitive diversity....

Anne Richards, a high-ranking executive at one of the largest investment firms in Europe, on a new study (by MSCI Inc.) showing that “companies that invest in gender diversity at high levels are less likely to fall prey to fraud,...

In Their Own Words - Grassley

Posted  03/7/15

-- "Whistleblowers are kind of treated like a skunk at a picnic, and I hope you’ll do all you can to reverse that.”

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to FBI Associate Deputy Director Kevin Perkins at a hearing on the FBI’s treatment of whistleblowers. Click here for more.

In Their Own Words - Grassley

Posted  03/6/15

--The FBI Senate Judiciary Committee testimony “confirmed that the FBI is not particularly interested in protecting employees who point out fraud, waste and mismanagement.

Sen. Charles Grassley. Click here for more.

Whistleblower News From The Inside - March 6, 2015

Posted  03/6/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team DOJ reviewing civil whistleblower cases for criminal probes -- Top official at the DOJ says authorities are increasingly reviewing civil whistleblower lawsuits against pharmaceutical and medical companies in an effort to build criminal cases. Reuters Senate hearing faults FBI for failure to protect whistleblowers -- During Wednesday’s hearing, Sen. Grassley said “the FBI did...

Food Integrity Campaign's Petition Against High-Speed Hog Processing

Posted  03/5/15
By Marlene Koury The Food Integrity Campaign ("FIC") is pushing to stop Hormel from its practice of high-speed hog processing without a proper safety inspection process in place.  Hormel owns three out of five hog plants currently participating in a controversial pilot program that increases line speeds and deregulates meat inspection by shifting authority from government inspectors to industry to monitor food...

SEC Awards Half a Million to Whistleblower under Exception to Dodd-Frank

Posted  03/5/15
By The C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The SEC announced a whistleblower award between $475,000 and $575,000 to a former company officer who reported original, high-quality information about the company's securities fraud.  The award is notable because it is the first award to an officer who learned about a fraud through another employee rather than firsthand. Under Dodd-Frank, officers, directors, trustees, or...

In Their Own Words - Drake

Posted  03/4/15

-- “THE GOVERNMENT'S MESSAGE IS CLEAR...WHISTLEBLOWING IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST WILL BE PUNISHED, WHILE DISCLOSING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION DEVOID OF PUBLIC VALUE WILL GET YOU A PASS.

NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake commenting on Petraeus plea deal.  Read more here.
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