The general public may tend to think of the act of whistleblowing as a sort of covert activity – the realm of spies and government secrets. The truth of the matter is that whistleblowers benefit the general public, and the secrets they bring to light are less a matter of national security and more...

  As a child, when you saw someone doing something wrong, there was no question of what to do next. You told your parents. We all did. But as we grow up, we encounter more abstract thinking, and the idea of being a “snitch” becomes a social label and a stigma to be avoided. At...

Recently, Florida healthcare executive Philip Esformes was sentenced to 20 years in prison for organizing an outrageous $1 billion Medicare scam. Testimony during the trial showed that he operated a group of assisted living facilities and nursing homes in South Florida and that he had used bribes and kickbacks to increase business at his facilities....

  It’s not always easy coming forward when you know or suspect that your employer is cheating American taxpayers. You want to do your patriotic duty by exposing a greedy institution that cheats the government and taxpayers, but the prospect is unnerving, and we understand that. No one can blame you. If you expose the...

  If you suspect or know your employer is defrauding American taxpayers and the government, and you’re thinking about blowing the whistle on them, we applaud your willingness to fight on the side of justice. Without courageous individuals like you, corrupt organizations would continue to greedily take your tax money for their private purposes. Fraudsters...

  Imagine this scenario: You go work for a military defense contractor, but soon learn that everything is not as above-board as it seems. You see your boss shift costs and expenses from one contractor to another to boost profits (a form of fraud known as cross-charging) and substitute lower-grade products for the more expensive...

  If you suspect that your company is defrauding the government — and thereby, you, the taxpayer — you may be wondering what on earth you should do with the information you have. Does this scenario sound familiar? You’ve been working for your employer for a while now, and something isn’t quite adding up. Maybe...

  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...