A whistleblower is an employee, former employee, or member of an organization, especially a business or government agency, who reports misconduct to people or entities that have the power and presumed willingness to take corrective action. Many ... more

The False Claims Act provides protection to employees who are retaliated against by an employer because of the employee's participation in a qui tam action. The protection is available to any employee who is fired, demoted, threatened, harassed or ... more

Yes. The stimulus package stipulates that civil penalties collected should be used to fund the Office for Civil Rights (the HIPAA privacy enforcement agency) and by January 2012, the HHS secretary must establish a method by which individuals ( ... more

ADB adopted its whistleblower and witness protection provisions in December 2009 (AO 2.10), which provide that ADB will pursue all reasonable steps to protect these individuals acting in good faith and to ensure that they are not subject to ... more

are vice-president Sherron Watkins of Enron and Cynthia Cooper of Worldcom, who disclosed the absolute rot in their companies, and Coleen Rowley of the FBI who revealed the failure of the agency to act on earlier tips and prevent the colossal ... more

Whistle-blowing, if we assume that they are blowing the whistle about a crime someone has committed, are heroes, but only because we live in a society childish enough to label them 'whistle-blowers' instead of 'responsible citizen'... In an ideal ... more

Yes. Section 3730(h) of the False Claims Act provides that an employee who is discharged, demoted, suspended, or otherwise discriminated against by his or her employer because of lawful acts done by the employee in furtherance of an action under the ... more

The False Claims Act provides: • Any person who knows that a company or individual has financially defrauded the federal government to file a lawsuit for recovery of damages on the government's behalf. (This does not include tax fraud) • People who ... more

To facilitate the disclosure of corrupt or improper conduct. It also provides protection to "whistleblowers" within an organisation disclosing such information. ... more

The False Claims Act provides a very effective remedy for employees who have been terminated or have suffered other retaliation as a consequence of investigating or reporting fraud to the government. You should know however, that, similarly to the ... more