Is Washington an especially corrupt state? The Securities and Exchange Commission has published its report on the first full year of the Dodd-Frank whistleblower law
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The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 takes effect today (December 27). The Act makes significant changes to the way federal employees report
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
We enjoyed and concurred with this list from MarketWatch writer Quentin Fottrell--- these are some of the many reasons we are here to represent investors. The SEC will never tell you: "We will never
Steve Jobs, the technology pioneer and former CEO of Apple, was well known for believing the normal rules simply did not apply to him. While this attitude undoubtedly had much to do with his ability
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
Greg Smith did something not too many of our best and brightest do – he walked away from 12 lucrative years at Goldman Sachs and published a tell-all piece exposing the cynicism with which Goldman Sachs
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
Two proxy seasons have taken place since Dodd-Frank became law, and while it is true a board may ignore the advisory vote, experience now shows the board does
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
