Retaliation

Top-10 Tips For Would-Be Whistleblowers

1. There are numerous laws that protect whistleblowers. Many whistleblower reward laws and other whistleblower protection laws provide protections to whistleblowers from retaliation – through firings, demotions, or other adverse employee actions – for reporting misconduct.
2. Becoming a whistleblower can be a difficult ordeal. The laws protecting whistleblowers have vastly improved. But the risk of retaliation or...

Barclays CEO fined over whistleblower retaliation; Constantine Cannon partner weighs in

Jes Staley, the CEO of the world’s 15^th largest bank, has been fined over £640k by Britain’s financial regulators for trying to uncover the identity of an anonymous whistleblower. The fine represents under 15% of Staley’s 2016 compensation. The bank also retroactively decreased Staley’s 2016 bonus by £500k. The total £1.14M represents about a quarter of Staley’s 2016 compensation. Additionally, regulators...

Constantine Cannon Partner Mary Inman Discusses UK Enforcement Action Against Barclays CEO Jes Staley

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Two UK regulators, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority, have concluded their investigation into Barclays CEO Jes Staley's actions and have told him to pay a "financial penalty" as punishment.  Staley reportedly tried to hunt down an internal whistleblower that raised concerns about the recruitment of Tim Main as head of the bank’s...

The Former Khmer Rouge Slave Who Became a Whistleblower Against Wells Fargo

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The New York Times reports on former Wells Fargo employee Duke Tran who blew the whistle on the company for allegedly being ordered to lie to customers who were facing foreclosure in 2014. Mr. Tran was fired from his job at Wells Fargo and since then has been locked in a four-year legal battle with the company alleging he was fired as retaliation for blowing the whistle on the...

Career HUD Official Alleges She Was Demoted for Rejecting Secretary Ben Carson’s Office Redecoration as Too Costly

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Helen Foster, former chief administrative officer for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), has filed a complaint against the agency alleging that she was demoted for refusing to “find money” beyond the legal $5,000 limit for redecorating Secretary Carson’s office. Secretary Carson assumed office in March 2017, having previously disavowed any intention to...

Dodd-Frank's Anti-Retaliation Protections Apply Only to Whistleblowers Who Report to the SEC

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team In Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers, a 9-0 opinion by Justice Ginsburg, the Supreme Court held that the anti-retaliation provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act do not extend to employees who have reported internally but extend only to employees who have reported suspected securities law violations to the SEC. The Supreme Court's decision reversed the Ninth Circuit, and resolved...

DOJ Catch of the Week -- AnMed Health

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to AnMed Health. On Wednesday, the South Carolina-based hospital agreed to pay more than $7 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false Medicare claims for a variety of services, including radiation oncology services, emergency department services, and clinic services. See DOJ...