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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.

Are Women More Likely Than Men to be a Whistleblower?

Posted  10/2/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team No one can truly predict if they ever would be a whistleblower. It most likely would depend on the circumstances -- the misconduct at issue; the perpetrator; who it harms; the timing; the work environment; the potential repercussions; the risk of retaliation; etc. You can take our whistleblower test and get some sense of whether you may be predisposed to "say something if you...

Whistleblower News from the Inside - October 1, 2014

Posted  10/1/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Lawmakers back whistleblowers in the Supreme Court -- A bipartisan group of lawmakers filed a brief in the Supreme Court supporting a former air marshal's whistleblower case.  Wall Street Journal Medicaid fraud case against Caremark settles for $6 million-- The qui tam whistleblower suit alleged that the company overcharged Medicaid for prescriptions for more than a decade. 

Whistleblower Spotlight -- Marine Whistleblower Franz Gayl

Posted  10/1/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's "Whistleblower Spotlight" falls on US Marine Corps civilian scientist and retired Marine Officer Franz Gayl.  He is the Marine Corps insider who in 2006 sounded the alarm on the military's failure to protect US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan with appropriate armored vehicles.  While stationed in Iraq, he saw first-hand the casualties being suffered from roadside...

Whistleblower News from the Inside - September 30, 2014

Posted  09/30/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Redemption for VA whistleblowers with settlement of retaliation claims — The Office of Special Counsel helped three whistleblowers at the Department of Veterans Affairs settle whistleblower retaliation claims relating to their disclosures of mismanagement at the Phoenix VA Medical Center, with at least two of the whistleblower receiving promotions.  Washington Post Three...

Whistleblower News from the Inside - September 26, 2014

Posted  09/26/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Marine whistleblower vindicated after seven year fight -- the Marine Corps whistleblower who called out his service for not protecting its troops in Iraq with armored vehicles has reached a settlement with the Marines that allows him to keep his job and to help develop guidelines for those who raise concerns about internal wrongdoing.  USA Today US Attorney General Eric Holder...

DOJ Catch of the Week -- Shire Pharmaceuticals

Posted  09/26/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Shire Pharmaceuticals LLC.  On Wednesday, the Wayne, Pennsylvania based drug maker agreed to pay $56.5 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act through improper marketing and promotion of several drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and ulcerative colitis.  See DOJ...

Complaint Against FDA for Whistleblower Retaliation Rejected

Posted  09/25/14
By Jason Enzler A complaint alleging the FDA engaged in whistleblower retaliation was dismissed by a federal court this week, but the case may be far from over.  The lawsuit, filed by six current and former FDA scientists and doctors, alleged that the agency retaliated against the whistleblowers after they raised concerns over the safety and approval process of medical devices.  The D.C. District Court tossed the...

Snowden Wins "Alternative Nobel Prize"

Posted  09/25/14
By Marlene Koury The Right Livelihood Award Foundation Honorary Prize goes to Edward Snowden for "revealing the unprecedented extent of state surveillance."  He was jointly awarded the prize along with Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of The Guardian, with whom Snowden collaborated to publish his findings on NSA surveillance. The prize is awarded by Sweden's Right Livelihood Award Foundation each year "to honor...

Whistleblower News from the Inside - September 23, 2014

Posted  09/23/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team SEC fines Wells Fargo Advisors -- The $5 million dollar fine is in response to a Wells Fargo broker using private customer data to make stock trades.  Washington Post Joseph Gordon-Leavitt to play Snowden? -- The actor is apparently in talks to play Edward Snowden in an upcoming Oliver Stone movie detailing Snowden’s path from blowing the whistle to asylum in Russia.  

SEC Announces Record $30M Whistleblower Award

Posted  09/23/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced an expected whistleblower award of more than $30 million.  It will be the largest award to date under the SEC whistleblower program established in 2012 under the Dodd-Frank Act.  It surpasses the $14 million award the SEC made to great fanfare roughly a year ago.  The new award will also be the fourth award to a...
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