Whistleblower News From The Inside -- February 23, 2017

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Le Pen Top Aide under Formal Investigation – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s chief of staff, Catherine Griset, was placed under formal investigation following a day of questioning related to her alleged misuse of EU funds to pay parliamentary assistants. Reuters

Former Bay Area Air Quality Agency Workers File Whistleblower Claim – Two former Bay Area Air Quality agency employees, Michael Bachmann and Sarah Steele, filed a whistleblower claim yesterday with the state and the air district alleging the agency’s Director of Enforcement and two lawyers worked to prevent documents—including violations notices, settlements, asbestos records, and pollution complaints—from being preserved. CBS Local San Francisco

West Virginia Set to Pass New Whistleblower Protections – The West Virginia state Senate is set to pass a new law increasing state employee whistleblower retaliation penalties from $500 to $5,000. The state’s House of Delegates unanimously endorsed the law last week. Beckley Register-Herald