By Steve Kardell | Published November 17, 2016 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: Panama Papers, shell companies |
Panama Papers Leak Exposes How Saipem Used Shell Companies
The law firm that was the center of the “Panama Papers” leak earlier this year may have been involved in a multimillion-dollar corruption scheme tied to contracts from Algeria energy company Sonatrach — contracts that a firm called Saipem received. According to a report from the Internal Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), the law firm Read More
Read MoreCFTC Awards $50,000 to Whistleblower in July
This past summer, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) awarded $50,000 to a whistleblower for information provided to the agency. This was the fourth award CFTC has paid out through its whistleblower program, which was created as part of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. It was also the second awarded so far in 2016. Read More
Read MoreAre FMLA Leave Requests Also ADA Reasonable Accommodation Requests?
Through the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), most employers in the United States are required to provide protected and unpaid leave for certain medical and family reasons, such as the birth of a child or a serious illness. Some legal experts, however, are questioning if the FMLA protections are essentially the same as those provided Read More
Read MoreWhy You Should Retain Counsel During an Internal Investigation
If you have blown the whistle on potential ethics violations or illegal activity within your organization, you may need to take part in an internal investigation. This may appear to be a good thing — after all, the company is doing its due diligence to investigate the matter. However, what you may not realize is Read More
Read MoreTV Program Focuses on Whistleblower Issues
In a recent episode of the McCuistion Television Program, a panel of experts discussed important issues related to whistleblowers and why they often feel compelled to expose wrongdoing within businesses and organizations. It’s an interesting episode for those who would like to learn more about these issues. One of the panelists, Dr. Michael Winston, received Read More
Read MoreLexington Medical Opts to Settle $17 Million Whistleblower Suit
Lexington Medical Center in Columbia, South Carolina, has settled a $17 million lawsuit with one of its former physicians, who had blown the whistle on alleged wrongdoing within the organization. As part of the settlement, Lexington did not admit fault, but it did allow the organization to avoid further litigation. In a statement, a hospital Read More
Read MoreSocial Security Office Employee Files Complaint with Senate Committee
An openly gay employee of the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) in Orland Park, Illinois, has filed a whistleblower complaint against the agency, stating that his superiors and colleagues created a hostile work environment due to his sexual orientation. ODAR is a division of the Social Security Administration (SSA). Donald C. Terry, Jr., Read More
Read MoreFormer Director Blows Whistle on Higher Education Company
A former director of a satellite college campus location in Cheyenne, Wyoming, is suing the organization, alleging wide-scale fraud. Debbi Potts says she quit her job in 2012 after she was asked to lie on official documents so that the college could receive accreditation. In her lawsuit, she also claims that the Center for Excellence Read More
Read MoreSEC Whistleblower Chief Leaves Post
Sean X. McKessy officially left his post as chief of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower in July. McKessy, who directed the office ever since it was established in 2011 after the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, oversaw more than $85 million awarded to 32 different whistleblowers during his tenure. Read More
Read MoreWhistleblower Protection Bill Blocked in the Senate
A federal whistleblower protection bill introduced to the U.S. Senate by Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has been blocked by Minority Leader Harry Reid. The Dr. Christopher Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act of 2015 aims to provide greater protections to federal whistleblowers, including those working for the Department of Veterans Affairs. It is named after a psychologist Read More
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