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AmerisourceBergen Will Pay $625 Million to Settle Whistleblower Claim
AmerisourceBergen, America’s largest drug wholesaler, recently agreed to pay $625 million to settle claims that a former subsidiary of the company repackaged millions of containers of cancer drugs to sell overfills, a scheme worth millions of dollars that put cancer patients at risk of using contaminated drugs. The lawsuit also accused the company of providing […]
TSA Whistleblower Alleges Sexual Harassment, Retaliation in Lawsuit Against Federal Government
Mark Livingston, a 21-year Marine Corps veteran and former senior intelligence worker for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), recently filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security. In it, he alleges was retaliated against at the TSA for standing up to superiors who harassed and bullied women. TSA has a history of these types […]
Former Elementary School Administrator Earns $230,000 Settlement in Whistleblower Retaliation Suit
Manny Verdi, a former administrator at an elementary school in the Bronx, earned $230,000 in a settlement from the city after alleging he experienced retaliation for acting as a whistleblower. Verdi was an assistant principal at PS 24 in Riverdale, and filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education in 2016. In the suit, he […]
Alaskan Aviation Company Will Pay $500,000 in Whistleblower Case
Bald Mountain Air Service, an aviation company based in Anchorage, Alaska, will pay out $500,000 in a whistleblower case in accordance with a ruling handed down by an administrative law judge. The company will appeal the ruling, which was issued by Judge Scott R. Morris on October 10. In issuing the ruling, Morris found the […]
Kalispell Pays $24 Million to Department of Justice to Settle Whistleblower Claim
Kalispell Regional Healthcare, a healthcare organization based in Montana, agreed to pay $24 million to the U.S. Department of Justice to settle a whistleblower lawsuit. In the claim, Kalispell was alleged to have 63 physicians taking part in an illegal kickback scheme to earn more money and boost overall revenue, a violation of the Stark […]
Ex-Albuquerque Animal Welfare Worker Sues City for Wrongful Termination After Blowing the Whistle
Victoria Murphy, a former employee of Albuquerque Animal Welfare, filed a lawsuit against the city after she was fired for what she says was blowing the whistle to protect public safety. The Animal Welfare Department (AWD) has been no stranger to criticism in recent years, and this lawsuit is just another chapter in that ongoing […]
Proposed SEC Rule Could Damage Whistleblower Program
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) whistleblower program has been an undeniable success since its launch, leading to millions of dollars’ worth of awards to several dozen whistleblowers in that time. Now, the agency has proposed several amendments to the program that have drawn some controversy, as they could implement limits on the size of […]
Springfield Terminal Railway in Massachusetts to Pay $85,000 to Settle Claim Involving Violation of Whistleblower Laws
Springfield Terminal Railway, Inc. was recently ordered by the U.S. Department of Labor to pay $85,000 after it reportedly violated multiple federal whistleblower statutes. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), an employee of the railway operator sustained an injury on the job at the company’s Andover, Massachusetts, facility. The next day, the […]
Massive Medicare Fraud Case Made Possible by Whistleblower Settled to Tune of $270 Million
Healthcare Partners Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of the largest dialysis providers in the nation (DaVita Inc.), agreed to pay $270 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit. The organization was alleged to have defrauded the government through Medicare Advantage insurance plans for several years. Medicare Advantage plans cover more than one-third of all seniors in the […]
New Whistleblower Protection Bill Introduced in Congress
U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) recently introduced a bill that would provide greater protections to whistleblowers against suspension, denial or revocation of security clearances as a form of retaliation for blowing the whistle on fraud, abuse and waste. It has been an all-too-common practice in Washington to use denial of security clearances as a punishment […]
