Whistleblower News From The Inside -- August 5, 2015
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
SEC set to adopt CEO pay ratio rule – The SEC is expected to adopt a final version of a proposed rule under Dodd-Frank that will require companies to provide investors with a ratio showing how the median pay of their workforce squares with their chief executive officers’ compensation. Reuters
Allied Dental pays whistleblower $420,000 — A New Jersey dental practice has agreed to pay $420,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a whistleblower who said the company deleted accounts in which it owed money to insurers and patients. App.com
Federal contractor indicted for kickback scheme – According to the DOJ, an employee of an unnamed federal prime contractor solicited illegal kickbacks as payment on the subcontracts held in connection with the prime contract, receiving $1.9 million in payments between 2009 and 2014. DOJ
Whistleblower files defamation claim against archdiocese — Whistleblower Jennifer Haselberger has filed a claim against the Twin Cities archdiocese for alleged defamation that allegedly occurred in retaliation for Haselberger revealing a cover-up of clergy sex abuse. MPR News
Blowing the whistle on off-label medical claims – Spotlight on NuVasive whistleblower Kevin J. Ryan, who worked as a sales agent for the company and has been awarded $2.2 million for blowing the whistle. Fredrick News Post
Ten exemptions in India’s Whistleblowers Protection Bill — The Narendra Modi government has introduced amendments to India’s Whistleblower Protection Act that whistleblower advocates say are aimed at diluting the whistleblower law. Hindustan Times