ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Astonishingly, even before completing discovery, or trial, one of two federal fraud suits against Omnicare has returned an unprecedented settlement, a staggering $124 million. The two qui tam suits filed...
Category: Whistleblower
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER On January 28, 2013 Senator Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, delivered correspondence to the Internal Revenue Service with suggestions on how to improve the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006. The IRS...
Courts Will Now Look at Employee’s “Reasonable Belief” of a Federal Fraud or Securities Violation Under The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
August 19, 2014
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Courts have lowered the level of proof required by employees who want to report a potential fraud or securities violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley act. The 2nd Circuit recently decided in the case of Nielsen...
Federal Judge Rules Whistleblowers Get Protection Without Reporting to Securities and Exchange Commission
July 11, 2014
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A federal judge recently ruled that whistleblowers do not need to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission in order to be protected from retaliation in the workplace. This ruling is welcome news to...
Senator Plans For Senate Whistleblower Caucus
June 13, 2014
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A United States Senator recently announced his plans to create a whistleblower protection caucus in the United States Senate. He announced his plans on the 25th anniversary of the Whistleblower Protection...