The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 takes effect today (December 27). The Act makes significant changes to the way federal employees report
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Millions of people who work for federal contractors or grant recipients will have new legal whistle-blower protections under legislation sent to President Barack Obama on
In a recent interview with The American Lawyer, Sean McKessey, Chief of the SEC's Office of the Whistleblower since February 2011, cautioned employers about dissuading
The Nonprofit Quarterly has long followed the evolving treatment and protection of whistleblowers in government and corporate settings for the lessons we
One nursing home repeatedly allowed a resident to leave a facility to visit an abusive boyfriend. Another home failed to properly report and investigate many instances
State employees engaged in bribery, conspiracy to commit mail fraud, received improper overtime payments and were wrongly reimbursed for thousands of dollars in
By James O'Toole and Carol Cratty - Whistleblower tips led to a record $3.3 billion recovered by the Justice Department this past year in cases involving frauds against
A paramedic has criticised his ambulance service colleagues for taking advantage of an Olympic pay day bonanza at a time when some paramedics were sent
By Larry Margasak - President Barack Obama signed legislation Tuesday that affords greater protection to federal employees who expose fraud, waste and abuse in
By Costas Pitas - More than one in ten tip-offs about corporate wrongdoing received by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) came from overseas, with
Hagens Berman client Haim Bodek is again featured in a Wall Street Journal story on SEC investigations into high-speed trading and order types. You can read the
Edison Township will pay $157,000 to settle a whistleblower lawsuit by a former municipal construction code official who claimed she was harassed for reporting residents
Whistleblowers contacted the Securities and Exchange Commission about corporate disclosures and financials more than anything else in fiscal 2012, according to
For the fourth consecutive year and the sixth time overall, plaintiffs' law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP has been named to the prestigious National Law Journal's
With a Senate vote Tuesday, Congress gave final approval to legislation strengthening protections for federal whistleblowers. The measure, which advocates have
There's more trouble for the Nampa School District, just as they are trying to get out of a multi-million dollar deficit. A second whistleblower lawsuit is about to be
The Department of Justice is taking over a whistleblower lawsuit accusing Fluor Hanford of using federal money to lobby for funds for the HAMMER training center at
A medical implants and surgery products company incorporated in Nevada has agreed to pay $30 million to the federal government to settle whistleblower allegations that
A whistleblower lawsuit recently unveiled in U.S. District Court accuses Northwestern University and Northwestern Memorial Hospital of defrauding the federal government
A former Energy Northwest manager filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the agency, saying its security manager pulled his security access credentials in retaliation for
