January 15, 2016
Animal-rights, food-safety and other groups sued this week to stop a new North Carolina law that helps employers punish people who get hired to steal company secrets or dig up dirt. The federal lawsuit was filed by People for the …
July 15, 2015
The City of Augusta, Ga., has settled a whistleblower suit against a former deputy coroner who said he was retaliated against for reporting that the coroner was stealing money and property from dead people. The Augusta Chronicle reported July 8 …
June 8, 2015
The North Carolina General Assembly cancelled Gov. Pat McCrory’s veto of a bill designed to give employers in the state legal recourse against people who deliberately get jobs to steal company secrets or record purported maltreatment at farms or factories. …
July 22, 2014
BNP Paribas SA’s $9 billion settlement with U.S. authorities, aided by internal whistleblowers, has spurred calls for federal banking regulators to protect and reward individuals who report wrongdoing by banks. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has scored big enforcement …
November 28, 2011
For many states, a law intended to root out corruption also has been good for the bottom line. Over the last decade, more than 20 states have passed a version of the federal anti-corruption law known as the False Claims …