We've all had this happen: you call an American company's 800 number for help, and end up talking to someone in a foreign country. It's called outsourcing. American
The Consumer Justice Foundation, a for-profit corporation whose team of consumer advocates provides free online informational resources regarding the potential dangers
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today filed and simultaneously settled charges against JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JPMorgan) for its
There were moments when William Zwicharowski wondered if he should bend to pressure from superiors at a mortuary at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. An Archbald
Russia's leading corruption whistleblower on Friday accused Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's close ally Igor Shuvalov of graft. Alexei Navalny posted on his blog the
Steve Berman, managing partner of Hagens Berman, will be speaking at the 2012 Litigating Class Actions Conference in Seattle on May 14-15, 2012. The event will be
One of the government's longest-running whistleblower controversies recently took a new twist when three House Democrats successfully filed a friend of the court brief
Oracle Corp. (ORCL) directors, including Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison, were sued by an investor for failing to mitigate damages when the company agreed to
Five Harbert construction companies, most of which reportedly are defunct, have agreed to pay $47 million to the U.S. government to settle allegations of bid-rigging on
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel has called for disciplinary action against three Port Mortuary supervisors at the Dover Air Force Base who retaliated against whistleblowers
BP Plc's (BP/) Atlantis platform, its second-largest oil producer in the Gulf of Mexico, should be shut down until it's proven to comply with U.S. safety and environmental laws
When we first met Lynn Szymoniak on 60 Minutes last year, she was an angry homeowner facing foreclosure. Now, Szymoniak is walking away with an $18 million settlement
Company informants tempted by the prospect of multimillion dollar payouts are rushing to US regulators with audio recordings and internal documents to take advantage
Gerald Zirnstein grinds his own hamburger these days. Why? Because this former United States Department of Agriculture scientist and, now, whistleblower, knows
One of the nation's largest providers of hospice care has agreed to pay $25 million to settle a Medicare fraud case initiated after a former company nurse in Milwaukee
Moody's Investors Service was ordered to defend against a lawsuit by a whistleblowing former analyst who claimed it illegally retaliated against him for questioning its
Whistle-blower Stephanie Schweizer wasn't interested in settling her government-contracting fraud suit for $1.2 million, an amount far from the $165 million
A whistle-blower who claimed Verizon Communications overcharged the federal government contracts is entitled to 20 percent of Verizon's $93 million settlement
Hagens Berman represents Kyle Lagow, a former employee of home appraisal company LandSafe, Inc. in a whistleblower suit filed under the qui tam provision of