Professionals for the Public Interest

Whistle-Blowing Nurse is Acquitted in Texas

Alexis Notabartolo — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:51:47 +0000

A nurse who alerted the state medical board of Texas to the improper medical practices of a doctor was acquitted of a felony charge in less than an hour. Read more here.

Professionals for the Public Interest Letter to Rep. Clay about Federal Advisory Committees

Alexis Notabartolo — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:14:01 +0000

Whistle-blower Suit Filed in Charter Probe

Alexis Notabartolo — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:08:47 +0000

A former administrator at Philadelphia’s first charter school has filed suit under Pennsylvania’s whistle-blower law claiming wrongful termination after alerting authorities to the school’s misuse of funds. Read more here.

Bursting Pipes Lead to a Legal Battle

Alexis Notabartolo — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:42:30 +0000

A whistleblower has accused JM Eagle, one of the world’s largest pipe manufacturers, of falsifying test results about the quality of its PVC water pipe products. JM Eagle pipes are used my numerous state and local governments in their water systems and four states and 40 water districts in CA have joined the whistleblower’s lawsuit. Read more here.

SEC’s Enforcement System Can Be Deaf to Whistleblowing

Alexis Notabartolo — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:40:42 +0000

After a series of financial scandals put the SEC’s process for handling whistleblowers under greater scrutiny, the Commission’s process for handling these issues will begin an overhaul. Read more here.

Officials Seek Broader Whistleblower Protections

Alexis Notabartolo — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:20:31 +0000

As part of an effort to curb waste and fraud, Montgomery County, MD, has proposed extending whistleblower protections to thousands of employees who work for county contractors. Read more here.

UBS Whistle-blower Gets No Reprieve from Judge

Alexis Notabartolo — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:49:01 +0000

A former banker, whose inside information on Swiss banking giant UBS helped launch a US tax evasion investigation, received no leniency on his three year, four month prison sentence for fraud conspiracy. Read more here.

Harvard Teaching Hospitals Cap Outside Pay

Alexis Notabartolo — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:19:17 +0000

Partners HealthCare, the owner of two research hospitals affiliated with Harvard Medical School, has issued new restrictions on the amount of outside pay from drug companies. Read more here.

Transportation Department Honors Metro Safety Whistle-blower

Alexis Notabartolo — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:10:47 +0000

U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General Calvin Scovel III honored the whistle-blower who alerted federal officials of possible safety issues with the plans for Washington D.C.’s proposed Metro Silver Line. Read more here.

Advisers on Vaccines Often Have Conflicts, Report Says

Alexis Notabartolo — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:06:34 +0000

A December 2009 report finds that many vaccine safety advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had potential conflicts of interest that were unresolved by the CDC. Read more here.