Office of Special Counsel Disagrees with MSPB Ruling in Federal Whistleblower Case
On August 11, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) filed an amicus curiae brief arguing against a recent ruling ...
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Week of Events to Commemorate National Whistleblower Day
A week-long summit honoring whistleblowers begins July 28 and leads to the annual celebration of National Whistleblower Day. A website, ...
Price-Fixing Lawsuit Could Help Blow the Whistle on Commodities Fraud in the Oil Industry
While America begged OPEC to lower oil production to save markets battered by the coronavirus pandemic, a group of commodities traders asked the Supreme Court to finally decide an oil price-fixing case with major ...
Can government employees be fired for something they say? Not legally
Back in the day, a reporter could call someone at an institution or government agency, do an interview and write ...
Idaho State Police settle with whistleblower after state Supreme Court setback
After losing a round in state Supreme Court, the Idaho State Police has reached a $1.3 million settlement with a ...
The Washington Post explores: How do we fix forensic science?
The Washington Post has been running a series of stories on problems with forensic science. Radley Balko, a Post opinion ...
Idaho court overturns ruling limiting damages award to state police whistleblower
Idaho’s tort law limiting damage awards in lawsuits does not apply to the state’s whistleblower law, according to a Tuesday ...
Supreme Court justices described as “skeptical” of limiting statute of limitations for False Claim Act
Members of the Supreme Court are skeptical of interpreting the statute of limitations in False Claims Acts cases in a ...
Case before Supreme Court Tuesday will have a implications for qui tam whistleblowers
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on Tuesday in Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States, a case that ...
For more than 150 years, the False Claims Act has been key to ferreting out fraud in US military and health care spending.
The False Claims Act (FCA) has long served as a powerful weapon against fraud and waste in government programs, from rancid ...
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