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Home / Blog Legislative News / Senators Grassley and Leahy Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Whistleblower Laws

Senators Grassley and Leahy Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Whistleblower Laws

July 2, 2015

Whistleblower LegislationThis June, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy  introduced legislation to extend whistleblower protection for employees who provide information to the Department of Justice related to criminal antitrust violations.

The Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act was designed to protect whistleblowers in criminal antitrust cases by creating a cause of action against employers for retaliating against an employee who provides information to the Department of Justice regarding conduct that violates the criminal antitrust laws.  The Senate unanimously passed a similar version of the legislation last Congress.  This bill allows an employee who believes he or she is the victim of retaliation to file a complaint with the Secretary of Labor, and provides  that the employee will be reinstated to their job if the Secretary finds that they have been retaliated against.

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Linda Wyetzner is a founding partner of Behn & Wyetzner, Chartered. She is a seasoned trial lawyer and negotiator, currently specializing in representing citizens who have reported fraud under the qui tam provisions of the federal and state False Claims Acts.  Ms. Wyetzner was a lead attorney in three groundbreaking pharmaceutical qui tam cases against Omnicare, CVS and Walgreens. Ms. Wyetzner has substantial experience with false claims act cases involving fraud in a diverse range of fields including fraud in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, telecommunications and defense contracting industries as well as NIH grant fraud.  Read more.

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