Whistleblower News From The Inside — May 18, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Six concussion suits filed against colleges and NCAA — “Several former college football players filed class-action lawsuits Tuesday against their universities, conferences and the NCAA, claiming negligence over their handling of head injuries.”  NYT

 SEC awards more than $5M to whistleblower — It is the agency’s third largest award to date and the second in two weeks.  SEC

Lawsuit claims Bank of America misled trading partners — “The lawsuit described alleged instances of misconduct in recent months, including colleagues allegedly front-running trades by clients including Citigroup and allegedly withholding information from client Blackstone Group.”  WSJ

Justice Department opens investigation into Russian doping scandal — The DOJ “has opened an investigation into state-sponsored doping by dozens of Russia’s top athletes . . . escalat[ing] what has been a roiling sports controversy into a federal criminal case involving foreign officials.  NYT

 2nd Circuit rejects doctor’s whistleblower case over Pfizer’s Lipitor — The Court “tossed a whistleblower lawsuit by a doctor accusing Pfizer, his former employer, of promoting unnecessary, off-label prescriptions of its popular cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor.”  Reuters