Monthly Archives: April 2016
District Court Decides to Reject SOX Claim on Several Grounds
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a ruling in Hill v. Komatsu America Corp. that involved the dismissal of a Sarbanes-Oxley Act retaliation claim on summary judgment on multiple grounds. The plaintiff in the case raised concerns to the CEO of the Komatsu America Corp. that the company’s repair and […]
Will the Supreme Court Finally Settle Arguments over Whistleblower Protections?
There’s a chance that the scope of the whistleblower protections outlined in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 could be analyzed and determined by the U.S. Supreme Court. Recently, a Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision created a split in the judges, which means intervention from the Supreme Court could […]
Whistleblower Fights for $1.4 Billion FCA Claim Against AT&T to Continue
In the face of a bid for a dismissal, a government contractor for the city of Los Angeles is fighting to have his False Claims Act suit worth $1.4 billion against AT&T proceed. In the case, he alleges the company purposefully denied the various federal government discounts given out to commercial customers. The whistleblower argued […]
Walmart Must Pay $31 Million in Whistleblower Retaliation Case
A New Hampshire federal jury recently hit Walmart with penalties upwards of $31 million for incidents of gender bias and illegal retaliation against a former pharmacist for the company who reported a variety of safety concerns involving her coworkers. According to the lawsuit, Walmart negligently supervised and trained its pharmacy staff at its Seabrook, New […]
OSHA Sides with Truck Driver in Whistleblower Case in New York
A truck driver has received a $45,000 award after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) determined the company that employed him violated a variety of whistleblower laws. The man began driving for Brindi Trailer Sales and Services of Meridale in 2011. Not long after he started working for the company, […]
CFTC Awards Whistleblower with Record $10 Million
On April 4, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) awarded a whistleblower with more than $10 million. This is just the third whistleblower award the CFTC has approved since its whistleblower program was enacted in 2011, and it is by far the largest amount awarded to date. Before this, the biggest award that had been […]
Origin Energy Employees Volunteer as Witnesses in Whistleblower Case
A former employee of Origin Energy has filed a whistleblower claim against the Australian company, alleging it organized a cover-up of some extremely serious compliance failures at many of its gas and oilfields. Now, at least 20 other current and former employees of the energy giant have come forward and offered to become witnesses in […]
CFTC Launches New Website for Whistleblower Program
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently launched a brand-new website for the agency’s whistleblower program at www.whistleblower.gov. The new website offers a better interface for informing the general public on the whistleblower program and gives users the ability to submit leads about possible violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). People may also […]
MetroHealth Whistleblower Claims to Have Been Victim of Retaliation
The director of an internal audit at MetroHealth in Ohio recently claimed two of the organization’s vice presidents and one employee’s relative had received free Botox injections and various other services from the Pepper Pike Dermatology Clinic. The information was revealed in a lawsuit filed in December in Cuyahoga County. The findings of the report […]
