Geoff Schweller is the Assistant News Editor for Whistleblower Network News. He coordinates news coverage and writes extensively about breaking whistleblower news, focusing on SEC, IRS, and CFTC whistleblowers, as well as federal employee whistleblowers, intersecting themes of law and legal affairs, finance, and litigation. Geoff's work has been featured in WebWire, JD Supra, and The National Law Review.
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By: Geoff Schweller
Robert Zywicki, former superintendent of the Mount Olive Board of Education in Morris County New Jersey, is set to receive $645,000 in a settlement resolving whistleblower retaliation allegations, NJ reports. Zywicki, who served as superintendent from 2018 to 2023, filed a lawsuit against the board of education in 2022. “In his lawsuit, Zywicki alleged the […]
By: Geoff Schweller
On January 6, the U.S. federal government filed a brief in U.S. ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to reverse a district judge’s ruling in a qui tam whistleblower case. In September, the U.S.
By: Geoff Schweller
The U.S. federal government is urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to reverse a district court ruling which held that the False Claims Act’s qui tam whistleblower provisions are unconstitutional. In a brief filed on January 6 in the qui tam case U.S. ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates, the […]
By: Geoff Schweller
On January 15, Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump’s nomination to be the Attorney General of the United States, voiced her support for the constitutionality of the False Claims Act during her Senate confirmation hearing.
By: Geoff Schweller
On January 15, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released Fiscal Year 2024 statistics for the False Claims Act. During FY 2024, settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act exceeded $2.9 billion.
By: Geoff Schweller
During his confirmation hearing, Bessent affirmed his support for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Program.
During the 2024 fiscal year a record 979 qui tam lawsuits were filed by whistleblowers under the False Claims Act and the U.S. government recovered
By: Geoff Schweller
Daniel Peterson, a former sales representative at Minerva Surgical Inc. who blew the whistle on a defective surgical device sold by the company, is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to take up his appeal of an arbitration award given to Minerva in whistleblower retaliation proceedings. According to Peterson’s cert petition, Minerva discovered safety defects in […]
By: Geoff Schweller
During their Senate confirmation hearings, both Pam Bondi, nominee for Attorney General, and Scott Bessent, nominee for Treasury secretary, affirmed their support for whistleblowers in response to questions from Senator Chuck Grassley.
In an amicus brief filed on January 15 , Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) urges the Eleventh Circuit to reverse a district court ruling which held that the False Claims Act's qui tam provisions are unconstitutional.
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