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Whistleblower News from the Inside - November 25, 2014

Posted 11/25/14

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team FDA to require strict calorie counts -- In an effort to combat the country’s obesity epidemic, the FDA announces sweeping rules requiring chain restaurants, movie theaters and pizza parlors across the country to post calorie counts on their menus. NYT Honda admits under-reporting safety defects -- The Japanese automaker admits it failed to tell federal safety regulators...

In Their Own Words - Mattu

Posted 11/24/14

-- “I’M NOT ALONE: THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF WHISTLEBLOWERS CRYING OUT FOR HELP. IN FACT, I’M ALMOST UNIQUE IN THAT I’VE COME OUT THE OTHER END.”

From Dr Raj Mattu in the Guardian’s feature story on The Afterlife of the Whistleblower.

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Whistleblower News from the Inside - November 21, 2014

Posted 11/21/14

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team FIFA whistleblower living in fear -- whistleblower Phaedra Al-Majid says she will "look over my shoulder for the rest of my life" after making allegations of corruption against Qatar's successful 2022 World Cup bid. BBC CFTC helps consumers avoid financial fraud -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission unveiled a national consumer education campaign and website named...

DOJ Reports Continued Surge in False Claims Act Recoveries Prompted by Whistleblowers

Posted 11/21/14

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Yesterday, the Department of Justice reported its recovery of a record $5.69 billion in False Claims Act settlements and judgments during the 2014 fiscal year (ending September 30). It is the first time DOJ has crossed the $5 billion mark and brings to $22.75 billion the total False Claims Act recoveries DOJ has obtained since January 2009. That 6-year tally represents more than...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark,

SEC Releases Whistleblower Report for 2014: The Best Year Yet

Posted 11/20/14

By Marlene Koury The SEC just released its 2014 Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program report reflecting a record year in both the rewards it has paid and the tips it has received. The SEC issued whistleblower awards to more people in 2014 than in all previous years combined. And the SEC received more than 3,500 tips from whistleblowers, up by 20% from the previous couple of years. It received tips from every state and...

Tagged in: SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Statistics,

In Their Own Words - MacLean

Posted 11/20/14

-- "But even worse, we then received another order telling us to cancel all our hotel rooms – the missions would be cancelled. We would not be on any flights, despite the fact that we had all been warned of a credible terrorist threat. "

Former Air Marshal and whistleblower Robert MacLean, explaining one of the dangers that compelled him to go public with his concerns.

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Fifth Circuit Rules Disclosing Identity of Whistleblower Illegal Whistleblower Retaliation Under SOX

Posted 11/20/14

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team And yet another important decision on the scope of the whistleblower retaliation provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). This one by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Halliburton, Inc. v. Administrative Review Board. Before the Court was the question of whether Halliburton's outing of an employee who complained to the SEC violated the whistleblower protections...

Tagged in: Whistleblower Protection Laws,

DOJ Declares Record Year for Fraud Recoveries with a Notable Nod to Whistleblowers

Posted 11/20/14

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Yesterday, outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder -- perhaps in one of his final swan songs as the country's top fraud cop -- trumpeted the $24.7 billion in civil and criminal fines the Department of Justice brought home this fiscal year (ending Sept. 30, 2014). See DOJ Press Release. It is more than three times the $8 billion DOJ recovered in 2013. It also represents close...

Tagged in: Environmental Fraud, FCPA,

Part Two of Our Interview with Robert MacLean, U.S. Air Marshal Whistleblower

Posted 11/20/14

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Last week we posted Part I of our interview with Robert MacLean, the whistleblowing Air Marshal who reported a potentially huge chink in the fence of America’s defense against a terrorist attack. Here is Part II of that interview. Whistleblower Insider: So when was the first time you went somewhere with your concerns? MacLean: It was July of 2003. That’s when...

Tagged in: Whistleblower Spotlight and Interviews,

In Their Own Words - Friedman

Posted 11/19/14

– “We now know that millions of vehicles must be recalled to address defective Takata air bags, and our aggressive investigation is far from over.”

David Friedman, Deputy Administrator for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, commenting on the expansion of vehicle recalls from 8 million to an estimated 30 million vehicles.

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Whistleblower News from the Inside - November 25, 2014

In Their Own Words - Mattu

-- “I’M NOT ALONE: THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF WHISTLEBLOWERS CRYING OUT FOR HELP. IN FACT, I’M ALMOST UNIQUE IN THAT I’VE COME OUT THE OTHER END.”

Whistleblower News from the Inside - November 21, 2014

DOJ Reports Continued Surge in False Claims Act Recoveries Prompted by Whistleblowers

SEC Releases Whistleblower Report for 2014: The Best Year Yet

In Their Own Words - MacLean

-- "But even worse, we then received another order telling us to cancel all our hotel rooms – the missions would be cancelled. We would not be on any flights, despite the fact that we had all been warned of a credible terrorist threat. "

Fifth Circuit Rules Disclosing Identity of Whistleblower Illegal Whistleblower Retaliation Under SOX

DOJ Declares Record Year for Fraud Recoveries with a Notable Nod to Whistleblowers

Part Two of Our Interview with Robert MacLean, U.S. Air Marshal Whistleblower

In Their Own Words - Friedman

– “We now know that millions of vehicles must be recalled to address defective Takata air bags, and our aggressive investigation is far from over.”

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Whistleblower News from the Inside - November 25, 2014

In Their Own Words - Mattu

-- “I’M NOT ALONE: THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF WHISTLEBLOWERS CRYING OUT FOR HELP. IN FACT, I’M ALMOST UNIQUE IN THAT I’VE COME OUT THE OTHER END.”

Whistleblower News from the Inside - November 21, 2014

DOJ Reports Continued Surge in False Claims Act Recoveries Prompted by Whistleblowers

SEC Releases Whistleblower Report for 2014: The Best Year Yet

In Their Own Words - MacLean

-- "But even worse, we then received another order telling us to cancel all our hotel rooms – the missions would be cancelled. We would not be on any flights, despite the fact that we had all been warned of a credible terrorist threat. "

Fifth Circuit Rules Disclosing Identity of Whistleblower Illegal Whistleblower Retaliation Under SOX

DOJ Declares Record Year for Fraud Recoveries with a Notable Nod to Whistleblowers

Part Two of Our Interview with Robert MacLean, U.S. Air Marshal Whistleblower

In Their Own Words - Friedman

– “We now know that millions of vehicles must be recalled to address defective Takata air bags, and our aggressive investigation is far from over.”

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