In September of 2020, a Maine geriatrics specialist filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging racial discrimination and retaliation for speaking up about patients' treatment. On February 3, 2021, a federal court will consider a motion to dismiss the case and “decide...
A whistleblower filed a complaint alleging that former Department of Homeland Security official Kenneth Cuccinelli II engaged in mismanagement in relation to an agreement with a union representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to a February 1 article from...
Retired Capitol Police Lieutenant Sharon Blackmon-Malloy recently told ProRepublica that she wasn’t surprised that a pro-Trump riot was able to breach the Capitol building. Blackmon-Malloy, Vice President of the U.S. Capitol Black Police Association and lead plaintiff in the 2001...
On December 22, 2020, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) published a press release reminding employers that they are prohibited from retaliating against employees who “need to quarantine or isolate due to the COVID-19 pandemic.” These protections...
Following a week featuring extreme price volatility of certain stocks’ trading prices, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on January 29 that it is “closely monitoring” the situation. Meanwhile, individuals on social media are encouraging insiders to come...
A whistleblower complaint has led to an investigation of federal officials’ misappropriation of funds earmarked for biomedical research, finding that hundreds of millions of dollars were misused over the past decade. The Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human...
In response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by Whistleblower Network News, the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) has confirmed that there is a current backlog of 3118 federal employee cases at the Board. Of these, 774...
Pete Buttigieg, former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana and President Biden’s nomination to be the Secretary of Transportation, has commented widely on the different priorities the Department of Transportation (DOT) would have under his leadership. On January 21, the Senate...
A lieutenant with the Chicago Police Department (CPD) has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the City of Chicago, alleging that he was retaliated against for raising concerns about and refusing to engage in an illegal quota-based policing system that his...
On January 21, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety. A part of the President’s National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness, the Executive Order instructs the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...
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