National Whistleblower Legal Defense (LexBlog Mexico)

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  • Conservation Groups Rally at Mexican Embassy in Support of Critically Endangered Vaquita

    WASHINGTON, D.C. | July 5th, 2018—A group rallied outside the Embassy of Mexico on Thursday morning, urging the Mexican government to protect the vaquita, a porpoise native to the country’s waters. Representatives from the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), and other concerned persons braved the blistering...

  • Community Health Systems to Pay $75 Million in False Claims Act Settlement

    The Department of Justice announced yesterday that Community Health Systems Professional Services Corporation (CHSPSC) and three affiliated New Mexico hospitals (collectively CHS) agreed to pay the United States $75 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act.  The government alleged that the defendants made illegal donations to county governments that were used...

  • Wal-Mart. Whistleblower. Whitewash. Talk Amongst Yourselves.

    Holy Wal-Mart Whitewash, Batman! Without a doubt, the unfolding Wal-Mart bribery scandal in Mexico (coming soon to a business school case study near you) is ripe for "lessons learned" for governance experts everywhere.

  • ‘Project Gunrunner’ Scandal Heats Up

    In January 2011, scandal broke out over “Project Gunrunner,” a program of the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives agency (ATF). The intended goal of “Project Gunrunner” was to limit the flow of firearms into Mexico through close surveillance of undercover gun purchases. ATF agents encouraged gun shops to sell machinery to “straw buyers”—people who buy...

  • EPA nixed study of treating oil spilled in Gulf of Mexico

    My client, Dr. David L. Lewis, was a top microbiologist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He raised the standards for dental hygiene worldwide when he showed how previous practices were inadequate to protect dental patients from the transmission of HIV.  He showed how EPA’s rules for land application of sewage sludge did not...

  • Drilling for the Truth in the Gulf with the False Claims Act

    The first person or group who drills and hits the truth in the Gulf of Mexico can win a huge payoff IF they use the False Claims Act. We want everyone who can to use this law and drill for the truth in the Gulf, not only to find out about the current disaster, but also to prevent future catastrophes.

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