Two embarrassing whistleblower retaliation cases, an unusually harsh report from the OECD, and an admission from a top public official that whistleblowers are “on your own” are seriously challenging the Netherlands’ commitment to protecting its own people from reprisals. On...
A whistleblower lawsuit filed against a prominent Washington state health care provider, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (formerly known as Group Health Cooperative, or GHC) was settled on November 16. GHC agreed to pay the government a total of $6.3 million...
A former psychologist at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System, or the VA hospital that serves New Orleans, has blown the whistle on a pattern of severe underdiagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) between 2009 and 2019. Dr. Frederic Sautter,...
The Care Quality Commission (QCQ), the UK’s “independent regulator of health and social care,” conducted an investigation of a women's mental health facility in response to whistleblowers’ concerns, according to a November 4 article from BBC News. The report found a...
On November 16, Jay Clayton, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), confirmed he will end his tenure as Chairman at the end of the year. Clayton will leave the SEC as one of its longest-serving chairs. ...
On November 16, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Whistleblower Program released its 2020 Annual Report to Congress. The 2020 fiscal year (FY 2020) was a record-setting year for the program in a number of ways, including the number...
Four whistleblowers filed a whistleblower lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, according to a November 13 article from The Texas Tribune. Mark Penley, formerly the deputy attorney general for criminal justice, and David Maxwell, the agency's former director of law enforcement,...
Richard Hopkins, a Pennsylvania postal worker who alleged voter fraud by his supervisor, recanted his allegations in an interview with federal agents on November 9. On November 10, the United States Postal Service (USPS) suspended Hopkins without pay pending the...
On September 15, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settled charges against Unikrn Inc., an operator of an online eSports gaming and gambling platform. The SEC charged Unikrn for conducting an unregistered initial coin offering (ICO) of digital...
The Albuquerque Police Department (APD) has fired the Academy Commander “after finding that she retaliated against Academy staff and threatened to retaliate against cadets,” according to an October 30 KOB4 article. Former Academy Commander Angela Byrd was accused of trying to...
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