In another Katrina-related matter, a federal judge in Gulfport, Mississippi, has ordered a 2006 lawsuit involving insurance companies unsealed, saying that the Department of Justice is considering whether to intervene in the case.
Pennsylvania's Office of the Inspector General, had been assigned to determine whether a state official took money from drug companies trying to do business with the state.
In July 2002, Jones, then an investigator in Pennsylvania's Office of the Inspector General, had been assigned to determine whether a state official took money from drug companies trying to do business with the state.
A U.S. Food and Drug administration whistleblower who claimed Merck & Co.'s Vioxx painkiller caused 140,000 heart attacks and strokes testified that co-workers at his agency tried to damage his reputation.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled its return to the thorny issue of high punitive damages, agreeing to review a $79.5 million verdict against Philip Morris USA for the death of a single Oregon smoker.
A whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former Montgomery County Hospital District employee who claims she lost her job after she reported alleged illegal activity by district officials is set to go to trial.
Amid the spate of corporate scandals two years ago, Congress passed legislation to protect the jobs of whistle-blowers who are critical to exposing fraud.
