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In Their Own Words -- Harvey

Posted 05/18/16

-- “The goal should be to mitigate the harm and make things safer for players moving forward. That’s a public-health victory even if it’s not a financial one.”

Hosea Harvey, Temple law professor, on the newly-filed class action lawsuits against colleges and the NCAA over concussions which "mark[] a new effort by athletes seeking financial relief for what they say are the lasting effects from concussions...

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In Their Own Words — Hines

Posted 05/17/16

-- “Bank customers will have meaningful choice when they can choose how to resolve disputes after they arise, not when arbitration is forced on them in the corporate fine print.”

Christine Hines, legislative director for the National Association of Consumer Advocates, commenting on a proposed rule to allow customers to file class-action lawsuits against banks.

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In Their Own Words — Ceresney

Posted 05/16/16

-- “Whistleblowers can receive an award not only when their tip initiates an investigation, but also when they provide new information or documentation that advances an existing inquiry. This particular whistleblower’s tip substantially strengthened our ongoing case and increased our leverage during settlement negotiations with the company.”

Andrew Ceresney, Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement,...

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In Their Own Words — Neffenger

Posted 05/13/16

--“I discontinued directed reassignments explicitly. I don’t tolerate that. It’s illegal, unethical and most of those people doing directed reassignments no longer work at the agency.”

TSA Administrator Peter Neffenger responding to a Homeland Security report last year showing mismanagement and incompetence throughout the organization. Click here for more.

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In Their Own Words — Lamprey

Posted 05/12/16

-- “The next big auto-safety debacle is not a question of if, but when. . . . The Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act gives bold and concerned insiders whose employers refuse to address safety issues the protections and financial incentives they need to stand up for the public good.”

Whistleblower attorney Wayne Lamprey commenting on recent legislation encouraging whistleblowers to reveal problems in the auto...

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In Their Own Words — UK Prime Minister Cameron

Posted 05/11/16

“We've got some leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain . . . Nigeria and Afghanistan, possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world.”

British Prime Minister David Cameron, in candid comments to the Queen in advance of a global anti-corruption summit in London. Read more here.

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In Their Own Words — UK Prime Minister Cameron

Posted 05/10/16

-- "CORRUPTION . . . DESTROYS JOBS AND HOLDS BACK ECONOMIC GROWTH, TRAPS THE POOREST IN DESPERATE POVERTY, AND UNDERMINES OUR SECURITY BY PUSHING PEOPLE TOWARDS EXTREMIST GROUPS."

UK Prime Minister David Cameron on the UK's first-ever major international anti-corruption "aimed at stepping up global action to expose, punish and drive out corruption in all walks of life." Click here for more.

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In Their Own Words -- Tygart

Posted 05/9/16

-- “It’s clearly the final nail in the coffin for Russian track and field.”

Travis Tygart, the head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, speaking of the testimony of Vitaly and Yuliya Stepanov. Click here for more.

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In Their Own Words — Anonymous

Posted 05/6/16

-- In an age of “inexpensive, limitless digital storage…the next revolution will be digitized. Or perhaps it has already begun. ”

Anonymous Panama Papers whistleblower commenting on breaking silence. Click here for more.

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In Their Own Words —Judge Pamela Pepper

Posted 05/5/16

-- “I DON'T MEAN TO BE BLUNT, BUT YOU LIED. YOU LIED AND GOT MONEY.”

Judge Pamela Pepper of the District Court of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, commenting in a sentencing hearing over a podiatrist’s fraudulent charges to Medicare. Read more here.

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In Their Own Words -- Harvey

-- “The goal should be to mitigate the harm and make things safer for players moving forward. That’s a public-health victory even if it’s not a financial one.”

In Their Own Words — Hines

-- “Bank customers will have meaningful choice when they can choose how to resolve disputes after they arise, not when arbitration is forced on them in the corporate fine print.”

In Their Own Words — Ceresney

In Their Own Words — Neffenger

--“I discontinued directed reassignments explicitly. I don’t tolerate that. It’s illegal, unethical and most of those people doing directed reassignments no longer work at the agency.”

In Their Own Words — Lamprey

-- “The next big auto-safety debacle is not a question of if, but when. . . . The Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act gives bold and concerned insiders whose employers refuse to address safety issues the protections and financial incentives they need to stand up for the public good.”

In Their Own Words — UK Prime Minister Cameron

“We've got some leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain . . . Nigeria and Afghanistan, possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world.”

In Their Own Words — UK Prime Minister Cameron

-- "CORRUPTION . . . DESTROYS JOBS AND HOLDS BACK ECONOMIC GROWTH, TRAPS THE POOREST IN DESPERATE POVERTY, AND UNDERMINES OUR SECURITY BY PUSHING PEOPLE TOWARDS EXTREMIST GROUPS."

In Their Own Words -- Tygart

-- “It’s clearly the final nail in the coffin for Russian track and field.”

In Their Own Words — Anonymous

-- In an age of “inexpensive, limitless digital storage…the next revolution will be digitized. Or perhaps it has already begun. ”

In Their Own Words —Judge Pamela Pepper

-- “I DON'T MEAN TO BE BLUNT, BUT YOU LIED. YOU LIED AND GOT MONEY.”

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