In Their Own Words - Grassley
Posted 03/7/15
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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 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.Whistleblower News From The Inside - March 4, 2015
Posted 03/4/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Senate holding hearing today on FBI whistleblowers -- The Senate Judiciary Committee will hear testimony from current and former FBI agents and the Executive Director of the National Whistleblower Center describing how FBI whistleblowers are subjected to illegal retaliation, and how the system designed to protect them is “broken.” GAP
FBI bluntly told a potential...
In Their Own Words - O’Reilly
Posted 03/3/15
-- "The public needs to know that the EU institutions welcome whistleblowing and protect whistleblowers against retaliation to make sure that serious misconduct or wrongdoing in the EU administration are brought to light.”
European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly on the failure of several European bodies -- including the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the Court of Justice of the European Union...Whistleblower News From The Inside - March 3, 2015
Posted 03/3/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Superstorm of fraud reported in denial of Hurricane Sandy claims -- FEMA executive acknowledges fraud in engineering reports used by insurance companies to deny storm victims insurance relief. CBS
SEC makes new Dodd-Frank whistleblower award -- The SEC announces a whistleblower award payout between $475,000 and $575,000 to a former company officer “who reported original,...
In Their Own Words - Kozlowski
Posted 03/2/15