Category: Whistleblower Protection

Despite, and possibly because of, the federal government’s extensive history developing and implementing a complex web of protections for whistleblowers, California has long been deficient in fortifying its own legislation.Read MoreHow the Expansion of Whistleblower Protection Legislation is Impacting Qui Tam Litigation in California’s Health Care Industry

The wrongdoing uncovered by whistleblowers in the private sector often involves poor workplace conditions that put employees in danger. Government workers also sometimes blow the whistle on risk of harm,Read MoreSupreme Court considering TSA air marshal’s whistleblower claim

A case brought under the federal Whistleblower Protection Act has made its way to the US Supreme Court. TSA air mrshal Robert LacLean disclosed to a newspaper that flights fromRead MoreWhistleblower forces TSA to admit mistakes

A recent case, Izell vs. Union Carbide Corporation, has upheld a punitive damages award of 18 million dollars, even though the compensatory portion of the verdict was reduced by theRead MorePunitive Damages in WhistleBlower and Retaliation Cases

There are many whistle blower laws in California (see Labor Code 1102.5, the grandfather of them all), but a specific one for all California health care workers (including doctors) toRead MoreHealthcare Workers protection for whistle blowers

The job of a whistleblower can be a dangerous one. Exposing the corrupt practices of multi-million or billion dollar corporations, government agencies, or giant banks can lead to retaliatory effortsRead MoreSEC Whistleblowers Have an Ally

According to its own financial reports from 2012, Northrop Grumman does an estimated $28 BILLION dollars in sales each year. Much of that comes from government contracting on defense items.Read MoreNorthrop Grumman Whistleblower Uncovers Flaws in GPS Testing.

Florida Governor Rick Scott, before he became the head of one of the more conservative states in the Union, was the chief executive officer and one of the founders ofRead MoreWhistleblower Accuses Florida Governor of Being Father of Fraud.

VA Hospital Officials, Banking Chiefs and the Former Mayor of San Diego Flee the Country. The residents of a sleepy little town in Michigan, St. Clair, which sits picturesquely onRead MoreHundreds of Whistleblowers Descend on St. Clair

As California whistle blower attorneys with offices in ten major cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Orange County, we are intimately familiar with prosecuting federal and state false claimsRead MoreWhistle Blower Lawsuits Explained