You chose a career in healthcare because you wanted to help people. You also know right from wrong when you see it. So what happens on your employer’s misconduct? Former Mallinckrodt Employees Blow the Whistle CNN reported that two whistleblowers, both former employees at pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt (formerly Questcor Pharmaceuticals), accused the company of...

  You would think that with many years’ experience representing whistleblower and personal injury clients, not much would surprise me. And usually it doesn’t. Yet when I learned of the $1 billion Medicare scam – the largest Medicare scam in U.S. history – I was stunned and indignant. And you should be too. This news...

  Here’s a hypothetical “What would you do?” question. You’re working in a research lab and realize that the lab has, for years, been falsifying data and misusing federal grant money. Would you blow the whistle because the government (i.e., the American taxpayer) is being cheated? Would you still blow the whistle if you were...

You’ve probably heard the phrase, “If you see something, say something.” While it’s often used for neighborhood watch programs, it can also apply to your workplace, especially if you know your employer is engaged in suspicious activities involving contracts with the government, like: Defense contractor fraud, which may include lying about the efficacy of a...