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WMATA Pays $5.6 Million to Settle False Claims Act and Whistleblower Retaliation Suits
Washington, D.C. August 20, 2014. The Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA) has paid $5.6 million to the United States, the District of Columbia, and Shahiq Khwaja to resolve whistleblower claims brought by Mr. Khwaja under the federal and District of Columbia False...
Senators Seek Release of FBI Whistleblower Report
On Tuesday, August 12, 2014, Senators Charles Grassley and Ron Wyden sent a letter to President Obama pressing him to release a report on effectiveness of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regulations for protecting whistleblowers. President Obama requested the...
Man Wrongfully Convicted by Perjured FBI Testimony Freed After 28 Years in Prison; Donald Eugene Gates Released on Basis of New DNA Evidence
The following is from guest contributor Jon C. Hopwood. This article was originally published in 2009 on Yahoo Voice and is reprinted here by permission of the author. Summary: Donald Eugene Gates, who was convicted of the 1982 rape-murder of a Caucasian...
Whistleblowers Recover $98.15 Million for U. S. Taxpayers
Yesterday, the Justice Department announced that Community Health Systems, Inc., the nation’s largest operator of acute care hospitals, has agreed to pay $98.15 to settle multiple lawsuits against it filed under the False Claims Act. Nine whistleblowers stepped forward to...
Who is Michael P. Malone? Corrupt F.B.I. Agent’s Testimony Sent Innocent Man to Prison; Donald Eugene Gates was Convicted of Rape-Murder He Did Not Commit
The following is from guest contributor Jon C. Hopwood. This article was originally published in 2009 on Yahoo Voice and is reprinted here by permission of the author. Summary: The testimony of Special Agent Michael P. Malone was instrumental in convicting Donald...
Senator Grassley Steps Forward Once Again to Defend Whistleblowers
Senator Grassley On July 30, 2014, the House Judiciary Committee Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee held a hearing on proposals by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to substantially weaken the False Claims Act (FCA). The FCA is the most effective...
Senate Approves “National Whistleblower Appreciation Day” for Second Year
On July 30, 2014, by a unanimous resolution the U.S. Senate declared July 30 as "National Whistleblower Appreciation Day" for the second year in row. The resolution comes on the anniversary of the first ever whistleblower protection law enacted on...
Celebrate National Whistleblower Appreciation Day!
Today is National Whistleblower Appreciation Day. On this day in 1778 the Continental Congress passed what very well could be the world’s first whistleblower law. Our revolutionary forefathers, when they learned that two whistleblowers that had exposed misconduct by the...
Four Questions About the FBI Lab Scandal
Dr. Frederic Whitehurst July 30, 2014 – Another front-page story about the FBI Lab Scandal appeared in the Washington Post today. In this story, we learned that the FBI unilaterally stopped reviewing thousands of criminal cases to determine if tainted...
Understanding the Risks of Whistleblowing
Stephen M. Kohn In an article on the legal news website, Lawyers and Settlements, Stephen M. Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistleblower Center, explains that statistics reveal that most employees "who witness fraud or and violations of the law and don’t...
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