The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) is responsible for investigating claims of dangerous faults in motor vehicles in the United States. Over the past few months, there have been many different problems with vehicles on the road across the country that have been featured on the front pages of nearly every major print news […]
In order to end litigation surrounding a whistleblower-retaliation case brought against the University of California – Los Angeles’ orthopedic surgery department by its former chairman, the UCLA Regents have agreed to a payment of 10 million dollars to compensate the former chairman for his role in exposing industry payments to UCLA doctors that may have […]
When a worker is injured on the job, it is likely that the person will receive some type of compensation in order to heal from his injuries while he is unable to work. Most businesses in Mississippi with more than four employees are required to provide workers’ compensation insurance coverage, with some limited exceptions for […]
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) operates as part of the Department of Transportation to promote safety through establishing standards and acts as an investigatory agency when there reports of defects. Recently, the agency has been in the news regularly based upon the high profile recall cases and the harm that was done when […]
The United States Supreme Court has heard arguments in an interesting case that involves First Amendment protections for free speech and the interplay with whistleblower protections. There are a number of gaps in whistleblower protection laws, particularly when the employee works for the state or federal government. Many of the protections for government employees […]
The fallout from the April 20, 2010 explosion and oil spill at the Macondo Prospect where oil churned out into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days continues to negatively impact the residents, fishermen, and business owners living or working in the Gulf. Recently, BP Oil has made some strides in its efforts to thwart […]
In the case that was heard before the U.S. Supreme Court (Lawson v. FMR, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 12-3), the arguments made by FMR, LLC, the parent company of Fidelity Investments (Fidelity), that whistleblower protections should not extend to contractors working for the company, were ultimately rejected. This case affirms the position that under the […]
An intersection is the point where two or more roads meet, converge, or cross each other. These locations are particularly dangerous because traffic from many different directions is coming into a central point. These intersections may be marked with yield or stop signs or there may be traffic lights. In many locations, there is very […]
There was a whistleblower retaliatory termination action filed against Siemens A.G.by Meng-Lin Liu, who was a Division Compliance Officer for Siemens China, which is a subsidiary of Siemens A.G. Liu alleged that Siemens China was engaged in a kickback scheme to sell medical imaging equipment to public hospitals in China and North Korea through intermediaries […]
People who have suffered harm as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill may have reason to celebrate. Specifically, they are one step closer to receiving compensation for the negative health consequences that the oil spill had on many people who lived or worked along the Gulf Coast after the April 20, 2010 […]
