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• Maine judge issues a fine order for attorney fees

  
  Whistleblower Protection Blog — Authority: 116
  Last week, Justice Joyce A. Wheeler of Maines Androscoggin Superior Court issued an excellent decision awarding attorney fees in Maine Human Rights Commission v. Saddleback, Inc., Case No. CV-06-219 (Dec. 17, 2009, Order Regarding Attorneys Fees ). The case arose when electrician Robert Duggan raised concerns about ...
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• SEC-Two Views

  
  Skeptical CPA — Authority: 536
  "We cant deal with all of them in one week, so we take special note of the regulators on our turf. Although the [SEC] was founded in the 1930s, its efforts to protect consumers have not yet succeeded. But it knows why: All it needs is a little more money. ... After examining a recent report from the SECs inspector ...
  5 days ago

• Home Health Agencies Defrauded Medicaid

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 494
  NEW YORK—-Three home health agencies have entered into a settlement agreement resolving the Attorney General’s lawsuit against one of them and three whistleblower lawsuits that alleged the agencies defrauded the Medicaid program. This is the largest settlement the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit ...
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• IRS rule to clarify taxation of personal injury compensation

  
  Whistleblower Protection Blog — Authority: 116
  The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is now considering a proposed regulation that would expand the types of personal injury compensations that are exempt from income tax.  The proposed rule would eliminate the requirement that compensation be paid as part of a tort remedy.  However, the proposed rule would not go ...
  6 days ago

• USDOT IG honors Metro bridge safety whistleblower

  
  Whistleblower Protection Blog — Authority: 116
  U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General Calvin Scovel III issued a letter of commendation to Steve T. Mackey, a former bridge manager for Metros Silver Line extension to Dulles Airport.  According to a story in todays Washington Post , Dulles Transit Partners overruled Mackeys concerns and decided to use ...
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• "Off-Label Promotion and False Claims"

  
  PointOfLaw Forum — Authority: 551
  Beck & Herrmann note an Eleventh Circuit case at the intersection of FDA pharmaceutical regulation and qui tam litigation.
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• Marv Roffman-II

  
  Skeptical CPA — Authority: 536
  "But for Mr. [Brian] Kennedy, the call brought internal pressure and unexpected criticism. He found himself the subject of a complaint to the [SEC] brought by CardioNet and faced an in-house inquiry by Jeffries lawyers while his research was being pummeled by competitors. Mr. Kennedys case is an example of the ...
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• Investigation at Public Works...but no details permitted

  
  Impolitical — Authority: 552
  Once again, an example of the Harper government in action that calls into question their commitment to some basic democratic principles such as transparency and access to information: "Public Works reveals wrongdoing after probe." We learn, because the government finally deigned to tell us, the following, but dont ...
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• Whistleblowing: A Get-Rich-Quick Scheme?

  
  Whistleblower Protection Blog — Authority: 116
  I have received calls and emails asking why the NWC supports UBS whistleblower Brad Birkenfeld.  This article published on Forbes.com helps answer that question.  Mr. Birkenfeld, like countless other employees, blew the whistle because he believed it was the right thing to do.  When Mr. Birkenfeld’s multiple ...
  2 weeks ago

• You Ain’t the Only One

  
  Get the Flick — Authority: 426
  Here’s a first-rate story for you, courtesy of The Star Ledger . Newark air traffic controller feels vindicated after speaking out against safety concerns ”Raymond Adams, an air traffic controller at Newark Airport, risked his job to speak out against safety concerns there.” It’s almost enough to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Upcoming Training Seminar to Focus on National Security

  
  Whistleblower Protection Blog — Authority: 116
  The National Whistleblowers Legal Defense & Education Fund will host a conference call training seminar covering a number of innovative and alternative ways to successfully represent national security employees. The three presenters, Mark S. Zaid , Stephen M. Kohn , and David K. Colapinto , all seasoned ...
  2 weeks ago

• Editorial: Dangerous Work

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  Congress should fix holes in legislation intended to protect whistle-blowers at public companies from being penalized for reporting wrongdoing.
  2 weeks ago

• "UBS Tax Cheat To Demand Billions In Whistleblower Rewards"

  
  PointOfLaw Forum — Authority: 551
  Bizarrely overincentivizing stoolpigeonery, part CCLIX in a series. [ WSJ Law Blog , Business Insider ]
  3 weeks ago

• Ex-UBS Banker Seeks Billions for Blowing Whistle

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  Bradley C. Birkenfeld, who helped American clients illegally evade taxes and then helped the United States government find them, could reap a giant reward.
  3 weeks ago

• IEA Whistleblowers

  
  Skeptical CPA — Authority: 536
  gaius marius has a 10 November 2009 post at his Decline and Fall of Western Civilization about a recent international energy agency report about oil reserves and a whistleblower who claims the report was doctored to suit american interests. Heres a link: ...
  4 weeks ago

• Justice Department Pointlessly Gags Guantánamo Lawyer

  
  Andy Worthington — Authority: 574
  One of the saddest stories in Guantánamo is that of Abdul Hamid al-Ghizzawi, a Libyan married to an Afghan woman and with a newly-born baby daughter, who was running a small bakery in Jalalabad, Afghanistan at the time of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001. Fearing that he would be seized in the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Letter from Douglass Kinan to Senator Lieberman re: Ongoing Government Corruption

  
  Whistleblower Support Blog — Authority: 103
    TIME SENSITIVE REQUEST Via fax: 202-224-9750/860-549-8478/866/317-2242 & US Mail 34 Glenburnie Road Boston, MA 02132 November 13, 2009 Honorable Senator Joseph Lieberman ATTN: Clarine Nardi-Riddle, Chief of Staff 706 Hart Office Building Washington, DC 20510 RE: REQUEST TO BE AN EXPERT GOVERNMENT ...
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• Sathya Sai Baba 84th Birthday Celebrations. Will 21st Century India Tolerate The Shame That Is Puttaparthi?

  
  Call For Media and Government Investigation — Authority: 120
  Unimaginable splurgings of pomp, ceremony and conspicuous waste attend, year after year, Sathya Sai Baba’s imperial-like birthday celebrations. The global financial meltdown will not have melted down his vast reserves of gold. Many politicians from right across India’s political spectrum fall at Sathya Sai ...
  4 weeks ago

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