In the first half, Steve Kohn and Gary Null discuss the shocking revelation in the New York Times that the FDA not only illegally spied on whistleblowers, but the FDA also posted over 80,000 documents they stole on a public server accessible on Google. The FDA began its illegal surveillance …
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The FDA says it monitored “unauthorized disclosures” of some of its employees. Did it go too far? Sandra Endo reports for CNN. PRN Host Steve Kohn, attorney for the monitored scientists, will discuss the scandal today at 1pm ET on his radio show — Honesty Without Fear: The Whistleblowers Radio …
UPDATE: Steve Kohn, attorney for the scientists who are suing the FDA, and PRN Host, will be delving deeply into this issue on tomorrow’s (7/17) Honesty Without Fear: The Whistleblowers Radio Hour. A wide-ranging surveillance operation by the Food and Drug Administration against a group of its own scientists used an enemies …
By Gary Null, PhD and Nancy Ashley, VMD Part I – GlaxoSmithKline You would have thought the way the stock price rose on Monday, July 2, 2012, that good news had been reported about British company GlaxoSmithKline instead of the announcement that the company had agreed to plead guilty to …
In the first half hour, Lindsey Williams and Richard Renner discuss a number of breaking whistleblower news stories, including a $3 billion False Claims Act settlement by GlaxoSmithKline, a settlement in a Department of Labor trucking safety case, and a court decision that the Dodd-Frank anti-retaliation provisions do not cover …
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In the first half hour, Steven Kohn interviews whistleblower and former U.S. prosecutor Richard Convertino about the recent U.S. Court of Appeals decision that reinstated his Privacy Act case. In 2003, Mr. Convertino blew the whistle on former Attorney General Ashcroft’s handling of terrorism prosecutions. High-ranking Justice Department officials retaliated against him …
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By Hilary Butler On April 27, 2012, a formal complaint was filed in the Eastern Pennsylvania Federal District Court accusing Merck of a longstanding scheme to mislead and defraud Government health authorities worldwide. Two of Merck’s former employees have accused the pharmaceutical giant of marketing multivalent MMR vaccines under false …
In the first half hour, Lindsey Williams interviews Steve Kohn about his client Public Health Service (PHS) whistleblower Paul T. Hardy and the current efforts in Congress to pass protections for PHS whistleblowers. In the second half hour, Lindsey Williams and Barbara Loe Fisher, co-founder and president of the non-profit National Vaccine …
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In the first half hour, Jane Turner interviews whistleblower Justin Hopson about his recently released book Breaking the Blue Wall: One Man’s War Against Police Corruption. During his first days as a New Jersey State Trooper, Mr. Hopson witnessed an unlawful arrest and false report made by his training officer. When he refused …
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Obama Asked to Veto a “Poison Pill” Whistleblower Bill A bill purporting to protect whistleblowers contains a “poison pill” that would effectively abolish federal workers’ rights to access to the courts, said Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, a founder of the NO FEAR Coalition and herself a noted whistleblower. The so-called Whistleblower …
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Jane Turner interviews attorney Jeff Anderson. Mr. Anderson has pioneered the use of civil litigation to seek justice for survivors of childhood sex abuse case and has filed thousands of lawsuits alleging sex abuse by priests. Jane and Mr. Anderson discuss the difficulties in blowing the whistle. You can take action …
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In the first half hour, Steve Kohn and Donna Boehme, Principal at Compliance Strategists LLC and editor of the weekly CS NewsFlash discuss the first six months of Dodd-Frank and why arguments by General Electric that an employee is not protected from retaliation unless they go to the SEC are …
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In the first half hour, Jane Turner interviews Rosemary Dew, a 13-year veteran FBI agent and author of “No Backup: My Life as a Female FBI Special Agent.” Ms. Dew worked undercover against criminals, spies and terrorists, earning eight commendations. Despite her achievements, she was subjected to severe discrimination and …
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In the first half hour, David Colapinto interviews Steve Kohn about his recent trip to Bosnia and the broader European movement for stronger whistleblower protections. In the second half hour, Richard Renner and Eric M. Gutiérrez, Legislative & Public Policy Director for the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) discuss the progress …
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From Sarajevo, Bosnia, Steve Kohn interviews Bojan Bajic, the head of the Centre for Responsible Democracy and co-founder of Association of Whistleblowers Against Corruption about the growing movement to increase whistleblower protections in Europe. They discuss the special threats international whistleblowers face – especially in developing democracies such as Bosnia-Herzegovian …
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