By Ross Todd | March 28, 2018
The self-described whistleblower asked a federal judge in Northern California to block a subpoena from Treasury's Inspector General's Office seeking to identify who posted a pair of YouTube videos criticizing the minority hiring and promotion practices of the Office of Financial Research.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 16, 2018
The appellate court on Thursday found that a defendant's due process rights weren't violated when a district attorney in California hired three outside law firms on a contingency basis to pursue a civil lawsuit.
By Jennifer Schwartz, Tammy Marzigliano and Amy Biegelsen | March 14, 2018
Employees must report to the Securities and Exchange Commission to state a retaliation claim under Dodd-Frank, internal reporting alone is no longer sufficient.
By C. Ryan Barber | March 13, 2018
San Francisco-based Administrative Law Judge Steven Berlin raised concerns about the breadth of a Wells Fargo whistleblower settlement, saying the release of claims was too broad. The lawyers have a second shot to amend the language.
By Jenna Greene | March 8, 2018
Jeffrey Wertkin was sentenced on Wednesday to 30 months in prison, but the question remains: Why did someone so smart do something that even his lawyer called “stupid, stupid"?
By Sue Reisinger | March 6, 2018
The memo referred to a recent Supreme Court ruling in "Digital Realty Trust v. Somers."
By C. Ryan Barber | March 6, 2018
Public-private litigation partnerships are "becoming more and more customary when it comes to claims that require a speciality that the counties or the cities don't have, necessarily. It seems like it's kind of a growing area,” San Francisco-based whistleblower lawyer Yosef Peretz says.
By Scott Flaherty | March 1, 2018
If prosecutors have their way, ex-Akin and Justice Department lawyer Jeffrey Wertkin could spend nearly three years behind bars after plotting to sell sealed False Claims Act lawsuits.
By Thomas Zaccaro, Nicolas Morgan and Brian Kaewert | February 26, 2018
On Feb. 22, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that significantly restricts the rights of whistleblowers, but ultimately may cause headaches for the targets of their whistleblower complaints.
By C. Ryan Barber | February 5, 2018
Wells Fargo & Co. was negotiating a settlement as recently as last month with Laura Worzella, a former senior vice president in charge of Wells Fargo's operations in the Denver area. Worzella claimed she was unlawfully fired in retaliation for refusing to accept the bank's widespread practice of opening accounts without customer consent. Federal investigators dismissed her complaint.
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