By Sue Reisinger | October 14, 2019
The European Union has approved sweeping new protections for whistleblowers and is sending the new rules on to member countries to adapt them into the countries' own laws.
By Phillip Bantz | September 27, 2019
The whistleblower first contacted CIA chief lawyer Courtney Elwood. But when she talked with DOJ and White House officials, the whistleblower decided to go around Elwood's office, according to a New York Times report.
By Tom McParland | September 19, 2019
The decision brought the Second Circuit in line with the Third Circuit, the only other federal appeals court to have ruled on the issue.
By Sue Reisinger | July 11, 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice said the Reckitt Benckiser Group also entered a nonprosecution agreement to resolve potential criminal charges. The settlement included the U.K.-based group and its subsidiary in New Jersey, Reckitt Benckiser LLC.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 5, 2019
The agreement, announced Wednesday, resolves civil and criminal allegations that Insys bribed medical professionals to use its opioid painkiller.
By Phillip Bantz | April 19, 2019
The proposed rules aim to bring consistency to whistleblower protection standards across the EU, where only 10 of 28 member countries have comprehensive legal protections in place for whistleblowers.
By Sue Reisinger | March 25, 2019
A former Duke University lab employee will receive nearly $34 million after the school Monday settled his False Claims Act lawsuit for $112.5 million alleging that another lab technician faked research data to obtain funding from federal agencies.
By Caroline Spiezio | March 22, 2019
A Houston jury sided Thursday with former housing authority general counsel Karen Miniex, who claimed the agency retaliated against her after she pursued allegations of employee voucher fraud.
By Phillip Bantz | March 14, 2019
With big-money projects involving chains of subcontractors and sometimes corrupt foreign officials, the construction industry has become a target-rich environment for the DOJ, according to former federal prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys and construction and government contracts lawyers.
By Ross Todd | February 26, 2019
In a mixed ruling, the Ninth Circuit found a problem with the jury instructions in former Bio-Rad general counsel Sanford Wadler's whistleblower trial. The court, however, upheld Wadler's win on California public policy grounds, leaving in place $5 million in punitive damages and $2.96 million in compensatory damages.
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