Record Settlement Not Enough for JPMorgan Whistleblower

By Admin | Published February 16, 2015 | Posted in Graft and Corruption | Tagged Tags: JPMorgan Chase, settlement, whistleblower | Leave a comment

In what was the largest settlement ever reached between the United States Department of Justice and a corporation, JPMorgan Chase paid out $13 billion to the government in response to charges that the organization had significantly overstated the quality of the mortgages that it had been selling to investors leading up to the economic downturn. Read More

Tennessee Home Health Care Agency to Pay $25 Million in Whistleblower Settlement

By Admin | Published February 12, 2015 | Posted in Graft and Corruption | Tagged Tags: CareAll, whistleblower suit | Leave a comment

CareAll Management LLC, a Tennessee-based agency that provides in-home health care services, must pay $25 million to settle a whistleblower suit. The agency came to an agreement with the United States Department of Justice and the Tennessee Office of the Attorney General and Reporter. As a part of the settlement, CareAll must abide by strict Read More

Whistleblower Fired After Uncovering ‘Too Much Corruption’

By Admin | Published February 9, 2015 | Posted in Employee Rights | Tagged Tags: corruption, Global Fund, whistleblower cases | Leave a comment

A whistleblower case involving a nonprofit organization made big news recently after an employee was fired for “uncovering too much corruption” in grants given to the organization. That employee was John Parsons, a former Inspector General for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. According to reports, Parsons was fired because his concerns Read More

Opinions on Whistleblowers Have Changed Over Time

By Admin | Published February 5, 2015 | Posted in Employee Rights | Tagged Tags: opinions, whistleblowers | Leave a comment

Now that there are more protections available for whistleblowers than ever before, especially whistleblowers in federal agencies, opinions on the act of whistleblowing have also begun to shift in a more positive light. One recent letter to the editor in the Wall Street Journal takes offense to the idea of whistleblower lawyers being similar to Read More

Texas Oil Regulator Files Wrongful Termination Claim After Exposing Safety Issues

By Admin | Published February 2, 2015 | Posted in Employee Rights | Tagged Tags: employee rights, labor and employment | Leave a comment

An oil inspector in Texas claims to have been wrongfully fired for reporting safety violations within his company and being subject to unfair retaliation in the time leading up to his dismissal. That inspector, Fred Wright, was fired about a year and a half ago. He had had a successful career including numerous excellent Read More

Two Men Receive $7.6 Million in Goldman Sachs Wrongful Firing Suit

By Admin | Published January 29, 2015 | Posted in Employee Rights | Tagged Tags: employee rights, labor and employment | Leave a comment

A pair of former brokers for Goldman Sachs & Company’s Los Angeles offices earned $7.6 million in monetary awards after filing a wrongful termination and discrimination suit against the company. The men, Chris Barra and Luis Sampredo, received a total of $5.2 million in compensatory damages and $2 million in punitive damages against the company. Read More

A Look Back at SEC Whistleblowers in 2014

By Admin | Published January 26, 2015 | Posted in Employee Rights | Tagged Tags: employee rights, labor and employment | Leave a comment

In retrospect, 2014 has to be considered a success for the whistleblower program run by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This year, whistleblowers who earned awards through the SEC earned more money than in all previous years of the program’s existence combined, with one whistleblower who reported major fraud within a company Read More

OSHA Hands Down Record Award Under Federal Railroad Safety Act

By Admin | Published January 19, 2015 | Posted in Employee Rights | Tagged Tags: employee rights, labor and employment | Leave a comment

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) gave a MTA Metro-North railroad employee a record award under the Federal Railroad Safety Act after they suffered an injury in 2011. The $250,000 in punitive damages and additional $10,000 in compensatory damages awarded to the unnamed victim make up the most money ever given in a FSRA Read More

Minnesota Overturns Precedent By Extending Whistleblower Statute of Limitations

By Admin | Published January 15, 2015 | Posted in Employee Rights | Tagged Tags: employee rights, labor and employment | Leave a comment

On December 15, the Court of Appeals for the state of Minnesota made a decision that reversed 20 years of precedent by extending the Minnesota Whistleblower Act’s statute of limitations from two to six years. The decision came in a claim made by a former employee of Minneapolis Public Schools who reported financial discrepancies within Read More

Whistleblowers on Wall Street Could Earn Share of $425 Million Pot

By Admin | Published January 12, 2015 | Posted in Employee Rights | Tagged Tags: employee rights, labor and employment | Leave a comment

Since the establishment of the SEC Whistleblower Program, there have been a lot more highly publicized cases of whistleblowers coming forward and revealing wrongdoing within their organizations, specifically in regard to fraudulent activity. Awards through the SEC have been reaching record levels this year, with one person coming away with a $30 million settlement after Read More

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