By C. Ryan Barber | November 13, 2017
For some lawyers working on Robert Mueller's special counsel team, life—that is, other cases—must go on. That was true Monday for U.S. Justice Department appellate lawyer Adam Jed, who took a break from his detail on Mueller's team to appear before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in a case without a Russia connection.
By Scott Flaherty | November 2, 2017
A superseding criminal complaint filed against Jeffrey Wertkin on Wednesday includes three new counts—two for obstruction of justice and a third for interstate transport of stolen goods.
By C. Ryan Barber | October 26, 2017
Jane Norberg, the head of the SEC's whistleblower office, said the corporate world is getting the hint and not using severance agreements to stifle would-be tipsters. “The good news is that I have seen some improvement in this area,” Norberg said Thursday at a securities conference in Washington. The “message is out there” that severance agreements cannot include terms preventing employees from contacting regulators, she added.
By Cogan Schneier | October 23, 2017
The firm Kasowitz Benson Torres brought the lawsuit under the False Claims Act against various chemical companies, including BASF and Dow Chemical, but a D.C. judge said the firm's legal theory failed.
By C. Ryan Barber | October 12, 2017
Debra Katz, counsel to longtime Weinstein executive, calls sex scandal a "tipping point."
By Marcia Coyle | September 28, 2017
Legal fees, pleading requirements and disputes over timing—the False Claims Act is providing the U.S. Supreme Court with myriad issues as companies and whistleblowers pitch the justices on cases to take for the new term. Time will tell if the justices are willing to bite. Here's a snapshot of several pending petitions.
By Cogan Schneier | September 18, 2017
National security lawyer Mark Zaid and former State Department employee John Tye launched Whistleblower Aid on Monday.
By C. Ryan Barber | September 6, 2017
A federal labor appeals panel has revived a whistleblower's claims against the defense contractor Exelis Systems Corp., ruling that the employee can allege retaliation even though he raised concerns about unlawful conduct outside the United States and was fired while overseas.
By Marcia Coyle | August 25, 2017
Thirteen legal scholars, in a letter to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, say U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's reassignment of 50 senior executives is illegal if the moves are part of an attrition strategy or to punish views inconsistent with the Trump administration's policies.
By C. Ryan Barber | August 24, 2017
Wells Fargo, represented by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, mounts an appeal to challenge the wrongful-termination claims of a former branch manager in California who alleged she was fired after blowing the whistle on bankers opening new accounts without proper authorization. OSHA ordered the bank to reinstate the whistleblower, and pay $577,500 in back pay and damages.
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