SCOTUS

Restore Whistleblower Protections from Retaliation SCOTUS to Hear Case

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Protecting Whistleblowers from retaliation is essential.
Whistleblowers are important in uncovering fraud and abuse, but they risk their careers, personal lives, and finances when they come forward. Protections for whistleblowers are crucial, and it is illegal for companies to retaliate against employees who report illegal activity. In the case of Murray v. UBS Securities LLC, The Anti-Fraud Coalition, with support from Better Markets and The National Employment Lawyers Association, filed an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court. The brief ...
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Whistleblower Claims Pilot Flying J Fraud Cheated Federal Government

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Pilot Flying J files for Whistleblower protection.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Pilot Flying J diesel rebate fraud scheme cheated not just trucking companies across the U.S. but the federal government, according to the man who says he helped crack the case. John Verble, a former broker at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's Knoxville branch office, says he was fired in 2013 for working with the FBI as an informant in the Pilot case and for alerting authorities to other questionable dealings he says he stumbled upon during his work there. The brokerage ...
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