Whistleblower Actions
What Kinds of Protections are Available for Whistleblowers in Tennessee?
John Verble, a financial planner at Morgan Stanley, has filed suit in federal court in Knoxville seeking back pay and brokerage funds in his personal account that the company has frozen according to the Tennessean. Verble was apparently a key confidential source in the FBI investigation into Pilot Flying J, and his collaboration with the…
Read MoreHow Does the False Claims Act Impact Your Whistleblower Action?
The False Claims Act or Lincoln Act is a federal law that allows a private individual or “whistleblower” with knowledge of past or present fraud on the federal government to sue a company on behalf of the government. If the suit is successful, the whistleblower is eligible to receive as much as 30 percent of…
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