Tag Archives: whistleblower retaliation
SEC Charges 2 Companies with Whistleblower Retaliation
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently charged two different companies with whistleblower retaliation, leading to a pair of high-price settlements within a day of each other. The first of these two enforcement actions was against Neustar, a technology company, which agreed to pay $180,000 to settle charges that it had severance agreements that […]
Whistleblower in Arkansas Settles Lawsuit for $87,500
The city of Hot Springs, Arkansas recently paid out $87,500 to settle a lawsuit filed in 2015 stemming from a case of whistleblower retaliation. The settlement terms were publicized after a local paper, the Sentinel-Record, made a request under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. In the lawsuit, a former employee of the city alleged […]
Whistleblower Retaliation a Big Problem at Hanford Cleanup Site
In eastern Washington state, crews have been working on one of the most intensive and costly environmental cleanups in the U.S. history, addressing the site of a former nuclear production complex. This past summer, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, a workers’ union and a watchdog group filed a motion asking a judge to force the […]
IG Confirms Sexual Assault Whistleblower Suffered Retaliation
A new report from the Inspector General of the United States Department of Defense confirms allegations of retaliation against an officer in the West Virginia National Guard after her sexual assault. Lt. Col. Teresa James reported in 2012 that she had been raped by a superior officer. After she reported the incident, Army Brig. Gen. […]
Whistleblower Alleges Retaliation After Reporting Issues with Flint Water Last Year
Miguel Del Toral works as a regulations manager for the Environmental Protection Agency and was assigned to investigate the water issues in Flint, Michigan in early 2015. According to Del Toral and various congressional investigators, he ended up being punished by the EPA for blowing the whistle on the water crisis — well before it […]
