-- “This is the second case this week against a company that took steps to impede former employees from sharing information with the SEC. Companies simply cannot disrupt the lines of communications between the SEC and potential whistleblowers.”
Jane Norberg, Chief of the SEC's Office of the Whistleblower, commenting on the SEC’s finding that Seattle-based HomeStreet, Inc. took steps to impede whistleblowers...
“Ms. Manning is the longest-serving whistleblower in the history of the United States. Her 35-year sentence for disclosing information that served the public interest and never caused harm to the United States was always excessive, and we’re delighted that justice is being served in the form of this commutation.”
-- Joint statement of Nancy Hollander and Vince Ward, appellate attorneys for Chelsea Manning.
-- "I was at a loss. I was overwhelmed. I had a lot to take in. I was very confused."
Jason Thorell, former trader turned whistleblower at Visium Asset Management, describing how he felt before he decided to report Visium’s alleged fraud to the SEC after internal reporting failed.
-- “Kickbacks by suppliers of healthcare goods and services cast a pall over the integrity of our health care system.”
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, commenting on a $350M Shire Pharmaceuticals FCA settlement. Read more here.
-- “Sometimes whistleblowers expose matters of life and death, other times they expose harm against the taxpayers, and sometimes they expose all of the above. Kuauhtemoc Rodriguez of the Phoenix VA deserves praise and gratitude for coming forward about problems that cover all of the above.”
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on the OSC’s substantiation of whistleblower allegations at the Phoenix VA. Click here for...
-- "It’s particularly unacceptable that this company has targeted vulnerable citizens like seniors in its advertising for a product that costs more than a week’s groceries, but provides none of the health benefits that it claims."
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on his lawsuit against Quincy Bioscience for its alleged fraud in the sale of memory loss dietary supplement Prevagen. Click here for more.
--“Because my docket was really full here […] I couldn’t be both chief organizer of the Democratic Party and function as commander-in-chief and President of the United States,”
President Barack Obama commenting on his sense of responsibility for the political losses the Democratic Party suffered during his eight years in office.
-- "We've got the scientists, we've got the lawyers, and we're ready to fight."
California Gov. Jerry Brown, commenting on California’s plans to fend off attacks from the Trump Administration on its climate change, civil rights, immigration, and health care policies.