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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 - 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

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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

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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...				 
				 					 

						
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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...				 
				 				
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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.

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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.  				 
				 				
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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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DOJ Catch of the Week -- A Plus Home Health Care

				
Posted  09/19/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Fort Lauderdale based A Plus Home Health Care Inc.  On Wednesday, the home health care company -- and its owners, Tracy Nemerofsky and her father, Stephen Nemerofsky -- agreed to pay $1.65 million to settle charges A Plus paid spouses of referring physicians for sham marketing positions to induce patient referrals. ...				 
				 					 

						
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - September 19, 2014

				
Posted  09/19/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

GlaxoSmithKline fined $490M by China for bribery -- The record penalty comes from a Chinese court verdict delivered after a one-day trial finding the pharmaceutical giant guilty of paying bribes to doctors and hospitals to promote GSK products.  BBC

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TAF Whistleblower of the Year -- Halifax Whistleblower Elin Baklid-Kunz

				
Posted  09/18/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

The whistleblower advocacy and education group Taxpayers Against Fraud (TAF) just had their fourteenth annual conference in Washington. And in what has become a highlight of the three-day event, the organization made its annual Whistleblower of the Year award. This year's winner is Elin Baklid-Kunz. She is the long-time employee of Halifax Health Medical Center who exposed the...				 
				 					 

						
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