Safety of Nation’s Highway Guardrails on Trial

Safety of Nation’s Highway Guardrails on Trial Bloomberg had an interesting story last month about a whistleblower who claims that an unapproved change to highway guardrails by their manufacturer, Trinity Highway Products, has rendered them dangerous. The trial started on Monday. At the beginning and end of a guardrail, there is a piece designed to minimize damage from...

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Supreme Court to Hear Appeal of KBR over False Claims Act Lawsuit

Last week, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the case of Kellogg Brown & Root Services v. U.S. ex rel. Carter, adding another appeal involving a whistleblower to its schedule in the fall. The petition initiated by KBR asked the Court to review the appropriate statute of limitations and the application of the first to...

Canada to Pay Some Tax Whistleblowers; Australia Report Suggests Rewards

Although the whistleblower programs in the United States gets a lot of attention, the U.S. isn’t the only country to have a program to pay informants about corporate misconduct. Earlier this year, Canada followed the lead of the United States and started offering rewards for tax whistleblowers. The Canada Revenue Agency will pay for tips about international tax...

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New York Considering Awards for Bank and Insurance Industry Whistleblowers

Whistleblowers at banks and insurance companies may have another option to receive compensation for reporting misconduct if legislation written by two New York State Senators is ultimately adopted. Last year, State Senators James Steward (R-Milford) and Joseph Griffo (R-Rome) introduced a bill, S4362, into the New York State Senate to compensate and protect individuals providing information...

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Thank You For Your Hard Work, Brandon!

On Tuesday, our associate Brandon Lauria received a fruit basket from a client that he helped. It’s the first that he’s been given for his legal work, but we don’t think it will be his last. In May, Brandon was named a 2014 Pennsylvania Rising Star by Super Lawyers. This is the fourth straight year that he...

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Government Intervenes in $100 Million Best Price Lawsuit Against CA.

Last week, the government intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit brought under the False Claims Act against CA Technologies, an IT software provider headquartered in New York. CA is accused of overcharging government customers for software under the terms of its “best price” contract with the General Services Administration. The federal government requires suppliers to give them the...

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SEC Rejects Late Filing of Whistleblower Claim

If you have submitted a tip to the Securities and Exchange Commission, either as an individual or an attorney representing a client, it is crucial that you check the Notices of Covered Actions monthly. The Securities and Exchange Commission has denied another whistleblower claim because the individual did not submit it within the deadline. The denial...

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First Whistleblower Award Issued by CFTC

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today that they are making a payment of approximately $240,000 to a whistleblower for information under the authority granted to it by the Dodd-Frank Act. It is the first award by the CFTC Whistleblower Program. Additional details about the case and the individual paid were not released. They are committed...

Are Banks Too Big to Jail?

The SEC and DOJ have stepped up enforcement against financial institutions in the past year. Now, several regulators are taking aim at two financial institutions based overseas, Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas. The settlement of these two cases has the potential to include fines over $1 billion each and guilty pleas to criminal charges. BNP...

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Whistleblower accuses DuPont of Failing to Report Environmental and Health Issues

A whistleblower lawsuit filed under the False Claims Act accuses DuPont of failing to report a chemical leak of cancer-causing gas from a plant in Louisiana, according to The Times-Picayune. The Toxic Substances Control Act requires manufacturers, processors and distributors of chemical substances to report when a substance poses a substantial risk of injury to health...

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