The Administrative Review Board (“ARB”) of the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) reversed the decision of an OSHA Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) dismissing a case brought by two truckers under the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (“STAA”) and remanded the case for further proceedings.  The case, Lindell Beatty and April Beatty v. Inman Trucking Management, Inc., [...]

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an important decision for whistleblowers under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) on Friday, June 22, 2012.  In Thompson v. Quorom Health Resources, LLC, the Sixth Circuit upheld a jury verdict awarding almost $1 million to Mark Thompson, a FCA whistleblower who was terminated after [...]

Last week, Japanese-based camera giant Olympus Corp. announced that it reached a $15.4 million settlement with the company’s former Chief Executive, Michael Woodford, who was terminated after blowing the whistle on the company’s accounting practices last October, according to the Washington Post. Woodford, a Briton, was the first non-Japanese executive to ever lead at Olympus.  [...]

In a recent letter addressed to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Commissioner Douglas Shulman, Senator Charles Grassley expressed “extreme disappointment” with the IRS’s Whistleblower Program. The current IRS Whistleblower Program was established as part of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006.  Under the program, individuals who detect underpayment [...]

Thanks to a 2012 report from the General Services Administration (“GSA”) Inspector General, Brian D. Miller, taxpayers now know how the GSA has been spending their tax dollars:  on lavish indulgences such as a nearly $1 million conference in Las Vegas in 2010.  While Mr. Miller’s report cannot restore the wasted monies to taxpayers, some [...]

While the Corporate Whistleblower Blog typically focuses on breaking news and developments in whistleblower law, we felt obliged to blog about the exciting news that came out of Maryland last week when legislators took a strong stand against employer invasion of privacy.  As Law360 reports, the Maryland legislature unanimously passed a bill a week ago [...]

On Wednesday, we wrote about a CNN article which reported that it had gained access to an internal governmental e-mail discussing an investigation at the Federal Air Marshal Service (“FAMS”) .  The investigation was a reaction to employee allegations that FAMS has a hostile work environment rife with discrimination and retaliation.  Today, we have received [...]

Known for monitoring and removing dangerous and potentially lethal products from store shelves, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (or “CPSC”), has seen a steady increase in product incident reports from the general public since 2007. What’s unclear, though, is how many of the reporters are whistleblowers covered under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act [...]

In what will hopefully be the final chapter in the story of whistleblower retaliation against two brave Texas nurses, the New York Times reported Monday that the doctor who retaliated against them pled guilty and was sentenced to 60 days in jail, a five year probation, and a $5,000 fine.  Dr. Rolando G. Arafiles, Jr., [...]

The Republican Party of Florida has reached a confidential settlement deal with Susan Wright, a former Office Manager of the Republican Party of Florida, who alleged that she had been fired for questioning the use of Party credit cards by top officials such as Jim Greer, former Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida (“RPOF”), [...]