A qui tam whistleblower case filed with the U.S. Department of Justice against defense contractor DynCorp International LLC and its subcontractor, The Sandi Group, has settled for $8.7 million, $481,710 of which will go to the two whistleblowing former employees.  A qui tam case is a special type of whistleblower lawsuit which allows whistleblowers to [...]

 A CPA has become the first recipient of a major award under the IRS’s whistleblower reward program. In an effort to reign in on corporate tax fraud, the IRS recently revised and expanded their whistleblower program, which previously mandated no reward, and attracted mostly small businesses and ex-spouses, to mandate a 15 to 30 percent [...]

In light of the catastrophic nuclear incident following Japan’s recent earthquake, a public conversation has renewed itself regarding the safety of nuclear power both at home and abroad.  Between competing voices as to the appropriate role of nuclear power in the U.S. energy industry, common ground can be found in recognizing that all U.S. citizens [...]

Former Bush Administration United States Special Counsel Scott Bloch has been sentenced to one month in prison, thwarting a protracted attempt by Bloch’s legal team to demonstrate that the misdemeanor charge of contempt of Congress that Bloch plead guilty to did not carry a mandatory-minimum jail sentence.  Last Tuesday Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson rejected a [...]