Whistleblower News from the Inside - October 10, 2014
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
First SCOTUS whistleblower case could have broad reach — The Supreme Court will soon have a chance to decide if Robert MacLean, a whistleblower and former air marshal, was treated justly, or at least legally, after he blew the whistle on airline safety, in the first case the high court will hear directly concerning a federal whistleblower. Washington Post
Whistleblower suit against JPMorgan revived — A U.S. appeals court ruling revived a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co filed by a former vice president claiming the bank ignored red flags about a client’s potential fraud, even after the massive Ponzi scheme operated by Bernard Madoff, another JPMorgan client, was exposed. Reuters
GAP launches fourth year of whistleblower tour — The Government Accountability Project (GAP) launches its fourth year of the American Whistleblower Tour: Essential Voices for Accountability, featuring prominent whistleblowers Jon Oberg, D. Phil. (student loans) and Sherron Watkins (Enron scandal), along with expert whistleblower advocates. GAP
Whistleblower suit alleges Northrop faked GPS system tests – An employee of defense giant Northrop Grumman Inc. claims that the company took risky shortcuts and faked tests of navigational systems made for use in military fighter jets, drones and submarines, selling the GPS systems to the Pentagon without performing a key test to ensure that they properly communicated with satellites. LA Times
Texas intervenes in AstraZeneca whistleblower lawsuit — The State of Texas has intervened in a lawsuit against AstraZeneca for illegally promoting off-label uses of the drugs Seroquel and Seroquel XR – AstraZeneca has already been hit twice for off-label promotion of these drugs. TAF
Judge rules for Boeing in whistleblower suit – Judge rules that three former workers at the Boeing plant in Wichita who filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the aircraft maker and one of its suppliers failed to show Boeing defrauded the U.S. government in a $1.6 billion contract. King 5 News