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That law was vigorously opposed by the National Association of Manufacturers, and contains some of the best whistleblower protections under federal law. A copy of the article is linked here. In the article, the head of the Chicago law firm Greenberg Traurig’s product liability practice group, Frank Citera, admitted that the whistleblower provisions of the CPS […]

On Nov. 17, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce launched an investigation into whether senior managers at the device center “knowingly corrupted the scientific review process and approved or cleared medical device applications in gross violation” of the law and agency regulations. The investigation was prompted by an Oct. 14 1letter to Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), […]

WASHINGTON – Top federal health officials engaged in “serious misconduct” by ignoring concerns of scientists at the Food and Drug Administration and approving for sale unsafe or ineffective medical devices, the scientists have written in a letter to Congress. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce will investigate the accusations, first aired when eight agency […]

Lawmakers Question Whether FDA Knowingly Allowed Unsafe & Ineffective Medical Devices into U.S. Market Washington, D.C. (Nov. 17, 2008) – Reps. John D. Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Bart Stupak (D-MI), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, today launched an investigation into whether managers within the Food […]

Budapest, Hungary. November 4, 2008. In an international breakthrough for whistleblower protections, the Prime Minister of Hungary has proposed anti-corruption legislation which includes whistleblower protections modeled on the United States False Claims Act. The proposal came after Her Excellency April Foley, the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary,  invited Stephen Kohn to meet with leading Hungarian leaders in […]